Bill T. Jones: The dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magic

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Translator: Alvison Hunter Arnuero Reviewer: Serge Brosseau
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Isadora Duncan --
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Isadora Duncan
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(Music) --
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crazy, long-legged woman from San Francisco,
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Une « folle » aux longues jambes venant de San Francisco,
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got tired of this country, and she wanted to get out.
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lassée par ce pays, elle voulait en sortir.
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Isadora was famous somewhere around 1908
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Isadora devint célèbre autour de 1908
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for putting up a blue curtain,
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pour avoir mis en scène un rideau bleu,
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and she would stand
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devant lequel elle se tenait
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with her hands over her solar plexus
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avec les mains sur son plexus solaire
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and she would wait,
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et elle attendait,
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and she would wait,
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et elle attendait,
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and then, she would move.
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et puis, elle bougeait.
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(Music)
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Josh and I and Somi call this piece
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Josh et moi et Somi appelons cette pièce
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"The Red Circle and the Blue Curtain."
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« Le Cercle Rouge et le Rideau Bleu »
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Red circle.
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Cercle rouge.
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Blue curtain.
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Rideau Bleu.
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But,
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Mais,
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this is not the beginning of the 20th century.
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ce n´est pas le début du 20ème siècle.
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This is a morning in Vancouver
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Ceci est un matin à Vancouver
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in 2015.
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en 2015.
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(Music)
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(Singing)
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(Chant)
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Come on, Josh!
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Allez, Josh!
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(Music)
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(Singing)
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(Chant)
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Go!
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Allez!
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Are we there yet?
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Y sommes-nous rendus?
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I don't think so.
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Je ne le crois pas.
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Hey, yeah!
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Oh, Ouais!
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(Music)
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What time is it?
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Quelle heure est-il?
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(Music)
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Where are we?
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Où sommes-nous?
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Josh.
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Josh.
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Somi.
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Somi.
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Bill T.
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Bill T.
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Josh.
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Josh.
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Somi.
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Somi.
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Bill T.
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Bill T.
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(Applause)
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Yeah, yeah!
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Ouais ouais!
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