Thursday - 14 - February - 2002
DUALITY
FUTURE JuJu & MOONBOW Present:
DUALITY
A Mystic Celebration Of Valentine's Day, The Yin Yang
& Chinese New Year Of The Horse
1918 / 1930 / 1942 / 1954 / 1966 / 1978 / 1990 / 2002
Thursday, February 14th
@ DANZHAUS 1275 Connecticut St. @ Cesar Chavez
:::Chasing the Dragon Room:::
PLAYGROUND - Live Dhub Experimence
PROFESSOR SHEHAB & Piki (Baraka/Baboon Records) N.Y.C.
DUO ELECTRO - Live Genre-hopping Beats with Vocals by
Marianimal
PSYCHODALIA - Ambient Grooves w/ Electric Violin and
Vocals by Lullaby
FUTURE JuJu West African Djembe Drum & Dance
DRUMS N SPACE - An Electronic & Acoustic Rhythm Duo
MARK DEUTSCH - Live Bazantar & Sitar
SOULCANDY Dance featuring Tika Morgan & Caren Cadile
ROMANI Urban Tribal Belly Dance
MELANIE, JESSICA & LOU- Dance Offerings
Fashion Show Collective & Dance Performance
:::Five Elements Room:::
Dj ZULEIKHA - Down Tempo & Trip-Hop (Moonbow)
Dj SOULSALAAM - The World Is His Turntable!
(New Conception/Swirl/Bongo Madness!/SKIN)
Dj DRAGONFLY - Electro World Funk
(Groove Garden/Cosmic Casbah)
Dj BOUYAKA - Breaks, Two-Step & Rare Groove
(Magnetic Poets)
Dj ADNAN - Deep House (Uniting Souls)
Dj TOTEMPLOW - Freaky Dub-O Beats (Subinfinity
Infinity Sound System)
Dj SHOBHAN - Hip-Hop, Two-Step & R&B
(Burningham Records)
Dj MICHAEL MANAHAN- Deep House (Starborne)
Dj DISCOVERY - Soulful House (Smartbeat)
Opening Ceremony by Fariba
Improvised Video Art by Vj's Qak & Spacout
Live Painting by Cleantone
Love Spells by Angelic Aromas
Evolutionary Astrology by Don Avardhan
Tarot by Regina Mirando (Psychic Eye)
Aphrodisiatic Love Tonics by Oxygen Bar
The first 50 people to arrive get LEID!
DANZHAUS 1275 Connecticut St. @ Cesar Chavez
9PM-4AM $15 in Advance $20 at the Door
Tickets available at BPM Records 573 Hayes St.
487-8680
http://www.neiel.com/playground/html
http://www.romanidance.com
http://www.bazantar.com
DANZHAUS is a very nice, spacious, recently opened to
the public, warehouse/performance space and dance
studio located at the base of Potrero Hill. It is very
close to the 280 freeway exit and public
transportation.
Directions to the parking lot at 1740 Cesar Chavez:
The Potrero Business Center parking lot is at 1740
Cesar Chavez. After parking, head west up Cesar Chavez
to Connecticut and turn right. DANZHAUS is the 4th
door on the right and the address is 1275 Connecticut.
Or park on Connecticut St. Near the base of the hill
in front of DANZHAUS. There is some 12am-6am street
cleaning in that area so make sure before you park so
you don't get a ticket.
:::Yin-Yang:::
This symbol, commonly known as the T'ai Chi Chu
symbol, or Yin-Yang symbol has it's roots in ancient
Chinese
cosmology. The original meaning of "yin and yang" is
representative of the mountains--both the dark side
and the bright side, or the contrasting shaded and
sunlight slopes of the mountain. The "Yin" represents
the female or the shaded aspect, the earth, darkness,
the moon and passivity. The "Yang" represents the
male, light, sun, heaven, the active principle in
nature.
Yang literally means "the sunny side of the mountain"
or "illumination", while Yin can be translated as
"the shadowy slope", that is the state which exists
after a period of illumination. Yang can be defined
as active, initiating, moving, spreading out,
unfolding, altering, dispersing, loosening, expanding,
aggressive and as negation; ie. it is that which
changes what is already in existence. Yin is regarded
as a force which makes things concrete, materialises
and somatises; as being completing, confirming,
corresponding, solidifying, thickening, organising,
determining, contracting, at rest, solid, compact and
conservative.
These two words can possibly be traced back to the
Shang and Chou Dynasty,(1550 - 1050BC). But most
scholars credit the "Yin and Yang" to the Han Dynasty
(206B.C.-A.D. 220). At this time, The Yin Yang School
was founded by Tsou Yen. It combines the ancient
philosophy of the 5 elements-- wood, fire, earth,
metal, water-- and combined them into a cosmology of
cyclical movements. The reciprocity between the two
poles forms a cycle of movement--or the meaning of
change.
In relationship to the elements, wood and fire belong
to the yang, and water and meter to yin.
Earth belongs to both yin and yang because it assists
both. The yin and yang only represent opposite poles
NOT good or evil.
One of the first religions to use the Yin and Yang
symbol was Confucianism. (ca. 179-104BC) The Shih
Ching and the I Ching were the first Confucius
classics to feature the Yin and Yang. They are
represented by the T'ai Chi, a diagram of an egg in
which dark and light stand for yolk and white. It
symbolizes the origin of all creation. From the egg
was hatched the myth of the first man, P'an Ku. This
legend dates back to the Shang and Chou dynasty in
China. This was a common myth/idea that P'an Ku was
born in Chaos resembling a hen's egg. After his birth,
eighteen thousand years later, chaos opened out and
the yang, the pure light elements, separated
themselves from the yin, the base elements of the
earth. P'an Ku grew until he was tall enough to hold
heaven and earth apart and his body became the various
parts of the earth.
The two are said to be proceeded from the Supreme
Ultimate or T'ai Chi, showing the interrelatedness
between the two--for as one increases the other
decreases. In addition, this symbol shows the perfect
balance between opposites, or the great forces of the
universe. This portrays that there is no "real"
masculine or feminine nature, but that each contains a
part of the other. The two are contained in one circle
thus showing that both powers are in one cycle.
Instead of these two being held in antagonism, they
are held together to show the that they are mutually
interdependent partners. One cannot exist without the
other.
Today, this theory of cosmology has become a
philosophy--a way of life--in which the cycle of
becoming and dissolution between the world of nature
and human events has melded. Many religions and/or
philosophies use the Yin-Yang as their
symbol--Confucianism, I Ching, Taoism.
The Tao teaches that "all life embodies yin and
embraces yang." Tao Te Ching, meaning "All Life", all
existence, forms from these two. This can be called
Philosophical Taoism. The yin and yang explain the
rhythm of the ebb and flow in nature and man. In
addition, it expresses the relationship between being
and nonbeing. Nonbeing is considered a higher plane
than being because it is the source, or the
foundation. From that point of view Yin is valued more
than Yang.
Today, the yin-yang symbolizes the dynamic balance of
our lives in the world. In this we are to balance and
harmonize, not only with ourselves and others, but
also with the universe--balancing the active yin with
the contemplative yang. As we begin to find balance in
our lives, we become more whole, more complete, and
more at peace with ourselves.
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