Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Dance Piece for Peace V - "Slow Motion Day" on YouTube!
This is "Dance Piece for Peace V" - a part of "Slow Motion Day" day 5 of 7. We spent 12 hrs talking and moving in slow-motion. It was more a internal slow-motion than anything.
"Dance Piece for Peace V" is the X-mas dance. Merry X-mas! War is Over!
This day we also read the lost Life Magazine interview from 1969 by Charles Childs with John & Yoko. Joan Athey, author from Canada, wanted to share this public world premiere of the interview with us and we spent 50 minutes reading it with her live over Skype. Andrea read the part of John and Daniel the part of Yoko.
You can find the full interview over at Bambuser.
Merry X-mas (War is Over)
Music: John Lennon
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DANCE PIECE FOR PEACE,
DAY V,
JOHN LENNON,
SLOW MOTION DAY
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Dance Piece for Peace II - "Bagism Day" on YouTube!
This is "Dance Piece for Peace II" - a part of "Bagism Day" day 2 of 7. We spent 4 hrs with papersbags over our heads and danced an encore for The World March for Peace's Base Team staying in Savonlinna, Finland, over Skype later that night.
Music: Raga Kausi Kanhra by Ravi Shankar
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BAGISM,
BAGISM DAY,
DANCE PIECE FOR PEACE,
DAY II,
YOUTUBE
Thursday, November 5, 2009
The World March for Peace
Two members of the Base Team. After their visit to our room they flew heads over heels into a cab and directly to the airport for their flight heading to Copenhagen. They will arrive in Punta de Vacas in Argentine the 2nd of Jan 2010. We never had time to offer them coffee during the visit but we did sing for them.
Etiketter:
BASE TEAM,
DAY VII,
THE WORLD MARCH
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Dance Piece for Peace IV on YouTube
This is "Dance Piece for Peace IV" as performed during "Conflict Day" the 4th day of the 7 days Bed-in for Peace. A day of inner-conflict, 11hrs of "Give Peace a Chance" and Bob.
"God" by John Lennon.
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DANCE PIECE FOR PEACE,
DAY IV,
YOUTUBE
Monday, November 2, 2009
Give Peace a Chance - Joan says hi!
Joan sent us this picture from her book "Give Peace a chance" - get it over at Amazon. During the week she would call us up and read an essay out of it. This was one of the highpoints of each day.
Two of the stories she has in the book she never got around to but she told us we could hear them some other time - feels reassuring!
One thing that happens during a Bed-in is that your perception of time gets altered in a very radical way. We have to admit we did plan on keeping ourselves busy during the week and busy we were, so busy we didn't have time to post stuff here on the blog as frequently as we would have wanted to - but come to think of it, it was probably due to that same phenomena, the perception of time. Perhaps we moved very, very slowly inside. It is a good feeling anyways, slowing down is a good thing.
Here is one of the original photos Joan sent us. She sent us more, and some real gems... but we can't publish them here. They are NOT out there yet.
Photograph: Gerry Deiter
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BED-IN,
JOAN ATHEY,
JOHN LENNON
Saturday, October 31, 2009
13 Days Dance Festival results Day 6
Lotta O Claesson, EMAIL:
vått,
blått,
varmt,
lite rädd för hajar,
framme vid ön,
sand mellan tårna,
varmt,
sol,
tropiskt å bara vila.....
love, peace and understanding,
Lotta
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13 DAYS DANCE FESTIVAL,
DAY VI,
RESULTS
Friday, October 30, 2009
Dance Piece for Peace VI
Dance Piece for Peace VI
Music: "I´m only sleeping" - Lennon/McCartney
Music: "I´m only sleeping" - Lennon/McCartney
Danced and choreographed by Daniel Andersson & Andrea C Rygh
Sixth Day - "Peace March Day" turned "Failure Day" turned "Total Magical Night".
Day started off with technical issues, server going down, cameras acting up but we were still in good spirits. We waited for the marchers. Day was an utter technical failure. And then marchers stood us up. Luckily we had plan a little concert and we also got a chance to perform this Dance Piece for Peace VI in front of an live audience.
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DANCE PIECE FOR PEACE,
DAY VI
"Imagine" by John Lennon on You Tube
Final day of our Bed-in the Base Team form Thea World March for Peace and Non--violence visited the room.
We had a talk and we sang them a song.
This is "Imagine" by John Lennon. Performed by Bed-in for Peace Stockholm 2009.
We had a talk and we sang them a song.
This is "Imagine" by John Lennon. Performed by Bed-in for Peace Stockholm 2009.
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BASE TEAM,
IMAGINE,
MUSIC,
PEACE,
PEACE-ACTIVISM,
THE WORLD MARCH
Dance Piece for Peace VII
Dance Piece for Peace VII
Music: "All you need is love" - Lennon/McCartney
Music: "All you need is love" - Lennon/McCartney
Danced and choreographed by Daniel Andersson & Andrea C Rygh
Seventh Day - Final day! "Fulfillment Day"! We danced a dance of bubbles and sign language. Simple and wonderful.
Seventh Day - Final day! "Fulfillment Day"! We danced a dance of bubbles and sign language. Simple and wonderful.
Etiketter:
DANCE PIECE FOR PEACE,
DAY VII
Dance Piece for Peace VI on YouTube
Here is "Dance Piece for Peace VI" - a part of "Peace March Day" day 6 of 7.
Etiketter:
DANCE PIECE FOR PEACE,
DAY VI,
YOUTUBE
Dance Piece for Peace VII on You Tube
Here is "Dance Piece for Peace VII" - a part of "Fulfillment Day" day 7 of 7.
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DANCE PIECE FOR PEACE,
DAY VII,
YOUTUBE
Kulturnyheterna - LOVE, PEACE & TELEVISION!
We made the Swedish public service television cultural-news - Kulturnyheterna!
On our 7th day in bed we got a call from the Swedish public service company Sveriges Television asking about how to pronounce Andrea's surname. Andrea repeated the pronunciation a few times and, BAM! -Petra nailed it. Much too our enjoyment in the room. Must say the spirit has gone up some.
The short but too us very rewarding mentioning can be seen again tonight at 22.40 on channel SVT 1.
You can watch it here until the 6th of Nov.
Here's a pic of Petra and us in the background. Yep, the quality is subpar but click the image and you will see the actual song we are playing.
On our 7th day in bed we got a call from the Swedish public service company Sveriges Television asking about how to pronounce Andrea's surname. Andrea repeated the pronunciation a few times and, BAM! -Petra nailed it. Much too our enjoyment in the room. Must say the spirit has gone up some.
The short but too us very rewarding mentioning can be seen again tonight at 22.40 on channel SVT 1.
You can watch it here until the 6th of Nov.
Here's a pic of Petra and us in the background. Yep, the quality is subpar but click the image and you will see the actual song we are playing.
Peace! It ain't too hard to sell! It took us 7 days to get publicity. Big SMILE!
Etiketter:
KULTURNYHETERNA,
PETRA,
SVT,
YOUTUBE
13 Days Dance Festival results Day5
Lotta O Claesson, EMAIL:
Avsaknad av dagsljus går inte att mäta
Päivi Vettenranta, EMAIL:
Avsaknad av dagsljus går inte att mäta
Päivi Vettenranta, EMAIL:
Uncountables
my love
to you
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13 DAYS DANCE FESTIVAL,
DAY V,
RESULTS
Fight for Peace Games VI : re-play
Ok, so Andrea beat me again. I even forced a re-play on her because I found indescrepencies in the video. She admitted to have played foul and accepted the re-play. I can't tell you how lucky she was. I left to chance which colors to use and she took advantage like a shark.
She got my Secret code in 5. I got hers at 8.
Don't think we will need to play the last of the games. She is plain better.
And out.
She got my Secret code in 5. I got hers at 8.
Don't think we will need to play the last of the games. She is plain better.
This concludes the Fight for Peace Games. It's Andrea 4 1/2 and Daniel 2.
She won. That's all.
And out.
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ANDREA,
FIGHT FOR PEACE GAMES
Dance Piece for Peace III on YouTube
This is "Dance Piece for Peace III" as performed during "Flower Power Day". Day 3 out of 7 of Bed-in Stockholm 2009.
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DANCE PIECE FOR PEACE,
DAY III,
YOUTUBE
Bed-in Stockholm on YouTube
We are now starting to upload videos to YouTube so you can re-live our Bed-in.
Here is the first clip.
This is "Oh, Yoko" by John Lennon.
Performed as part of Bed-in for Peace Concert at "World March for Peace Day", we renamed it "Failure Day" because of utter technical failures throughout the day. But in the end, it was a great day.
Here is the first clip.
This is "Oh, Yoko" by John Lennon.
Performed as part of Bed-in for Peace Concert at "World March for Peace Day", we renamed it "Failure Day" because of utter technical failures throughout the day. But in the end, it was a great day.
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ANDREA,
DANIEL,
DAY VI,
JOAN ATHEY,
JOHN LENNON,
MUSIC,
YOKO ONO,
YOUTUBE
13 Days Dance Festival - day 6 of 6!
Instructions day 6
dance and report
12: Swim - dreamtime
dance and report
12: Swim - dreamtime
Swim in yur dream
as far as
you can until you
find an Island.
Tell us results.
13: future time
Color yourself
wait for the spring to
come
let us know when it comes
future luck!
mail: bedin.sthlm2009@gmail.com
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13 DAYS DANCE FESTIVAL,
YOKO ONO
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Fight for Peace Games VI - Andrea WINS it ALL
It's over. There was nothing I could do. I even admitted to cheating - or maybe that was the reason I finally had to cave in. She beat me. She won. She beat me in that funny looking Master Mind type of game she had - it wasn't even a REAL Master Mind.
I SO couldn't concentrate on how to solve it - the colours were just too weird. My head was just shut down. And yes, I even tried to cheat. But since it was caught on tape I finally had to admit to cheating. Good thing, because I couldn't even remember the colours I peeked at.
Ok, so here it is. It is Andrea 4 and Daniel 2. She has got her 4 out of 7 and I cannot beat her now. All I can do is to try and win the last game to even it out some. I will try. And this time I'll pick the game - oh, wait. Think I'll pick Chess.
Etiketter:
ANDREA,
DANIEL,
FIGHT FOR PEACE GAMES
Joan Athey read us this poem
One of the highpoints of every day has become the time when Joan Athey calls to say "hi" and share with us some of her many stories. Today she also read us a poem. Here it is:
____________________________
From Joan Athey:
As Andrea and Daniel are highly skilled in movement, I thought they would especially enjoy this poem.
Moving Through The Mystery
by Peter Trower Victoria, BC.Canada 1963
We are moving through the mystery
in a rush of rented mornings
where conundrums of existence
dance across the window awnings,
Why is which? and what is whither?
cry the voices in the crawl space
underneath the floors of meaning
and beyond this no-at-all-place.
There is no vocuabulary
for the thoughts below the surface...
distant particles of answer
from some unimagined orifice
The reflections of the psyche
fall upon unknown waters...
shatter outward in to ripples
at the stones of the distorters.
Three time death is five time nothing...
there are footprints on the rainbow
and the ape and the professor
down the same long-trodden lane go.
There is no defense in dogma..
there is no escape in history ...
we are moving through the movement ..
we are moving through the mystery.
As Andrea and Daniel are highly skilled in movement, I thought they would especially enjoy this poem.
Moving Through The Mystery
by Peter Trower Victoria, BC.Canada 1963
We are moving through the mystery
in a rush of rented mornings
where conundrums of existence
dance across the window awnings,
Why is which? and what is whither?
cry the voices in the crawl space
underneath the floors of meaning
and beyond this no-at-all-place.
There is no vocuabulary
for the thoughts below the surface...
distant particles of answer
from some unimagined orifice
The reflections of the psyche
fall upon unknown waters...
shatter outward in to ripples
at the stones of the distorters.
Three time death is five time nothing...
there are footprints on the rainbow
and the ape and the professor
down the same long-trodden lane go.
There is no defense in dogma..
there is no escape in history ...
we are moving through the movement ..
we are moving through the mystery.
Etiketter:
JOAN ATHEY
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