DANCING WITH DOLPHINS
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The Dolphin Dance project is bringing together talented human dancers and wild dolphins to create collaborative, inter-species artistic expressions - underwater ‘dances’ and films that document them. Diving into an underwater world we explore what we can create when Nature and Art are partners and where humans and wild animals collaborate as equals.
I’m Chisa Hidaka… the director of the Dolphin Dance project…and I am excited to introduce this unique project. Right now, we are working on our first, short film - ‘Together: Dancing with Spinner Dolphins’ - to be released in the fall of 2010. At that time, the world will see our first human-wild dolphin dance...and there will be much more to come.
‘Together' will serve as the pilot for a more extensive film planned to be shot in August 2011. This second project, 'Sharing the Dance' will be a full-length documentary about the making of a group dance with several human dancers and a pod of wild dolphins. This project will not only feature human-dolphin dancing but also introduce the audience to dance improvisation and theory, dolphin science and human-dolphin interactions (please see our Process page for more details).
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‘Together’ Highlight
Chisa Hidaka dances and directs, filmed by Brett LeMaster
We are confident that our beautiful footage of the creativity, intelligence, and spirit of wild dolphins will be an important contribution to their conservation and well-being.
I invite you to take part in making this dolphin dream come true. It is an ambitious project that will require the skills, talent, sweat and love of several inspired collaborators, as well as the generous support of foundations, friends and all interested dolphin-lovers. Please consider participating by supporting us with a tax deductible donation.
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Please also use this site to learn more about the progress of the Dolphin Dance project and our team and to see videos and photographs of the dolphin and human dancers. As our site is updated, you’ll also be able to learn more about dolphin science and the funders of this project. I hope you will visit this website regularly and subscribe to my blog.
Thank you…wishing you plenty of dolphin love!
For more information, or to send comments or questions, please feel free to email me.
This underwater ‘duet’ captures the intimate experience between a human and a dolphin as they dance together.
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