"Dancing is the closest you can get to Flying"

On Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 I had the privilege of watching an arts and lecture event performed by Lux Boreal. They are a dance company based in Tijuana, Mexico and create contemporary dance performances concerning border issues. One of their dancers spent about half an hour explaining what they use as inspiration and how they illustrate their message through dance. This young man and another dance member performed a very powerful fast-paced contemporary dance about humans constantly working and therefore they are similar to machines. The dance included two bright red tables which they danced around, on, and under. They were very creative in using this architecture and even though they repeated the same dance phrase many times it only became more and more interesting because of the varying use of the table and the music's tempo. The performance left me in aw and made me want to dance on my desk back in the classroom. I encourage anyone to go see Lux Boreal if you get the chance.