I met my good friend for dinner. I have not seen her for a long time, especially not with some time to talk. So it was really nice. But we did not have so much time as I was wanting to see the theater performance in Penghao theater. I heard that it was very suitable for children and I assumed it would be very funny. It turned out to be 3 different monologues. First the „Wind in the Willows“ by Kenneth Grahame, then „The Massacre of the Innocents“ by W.H. Auden and last „The Sea and the Mirror“ also by Auden. All three were played by Ian Reed. He is a good actor but they were difficult monologues, especially after a day out cycling in the cold fresh air.
Archive for the ‘Performers’ Category
The Poet in Motion
Sonntag, Dezember 6th, 2009Ines Show at German Center Beijing
Donnerstag, Dezember 3rd, 2009Today the German Center for Industry and Trade in Beijing had their 10 Year Anniversary celebration in the Landmark Hotel. They had well prepared the vent with a huge wall of pictures of the past 10 years.
They had requested me to perform on their tiny stag. It was very long but unfortunately very narrow and un-expectedly covered with a quite soft carpet making it almost impossible to do any bicycle tricks. I did what I could do on my trick bike. The following pictures were taken by the photographers of the German Center.
Our French friend and contact juggler Muakine also perfomed on an even smaller stage than mine.
There was also a Chinese face changing performer and a typical Chinese Kungfu group. Then Zack and friends played some nice Jazz music as the huge buffet was opened.
It was a very nice event. Here is a picture of the German Center management team in traditional German clothes and me wearing a Chinese qipao.
I cycled back home together with Zack. He now goes to his gigs carrying all his drums on his tricycle. And I was cycling home on my slow trick bike.
Practicing for Performance
Montag, November 30th, 2009For my next upcoming performance I had to really train as the stage is only 3.9meters deep. That is extremely narrow, especially as it will be a real stage. So I cannot ride to the absolute border in the front, but also not in the back as there will be a wall. I had huge difficulty finding tricks that I could do on such a small space. But with that I can soon start performing in discotheques. I uploaded a clip of my tiredsome practice to the Chinese version of youtube. You will see my friend doing some funny finger movements. That shows you how boring my practice for this show was.
Tokyo BFF Block Party Pics of Ines on Houyhnhnm
Dienstag, November 24th, 2009The bicycle film festival block party was covered with some snap shots by the magazine Houyhnhnm. They had some nice pictures of me performing my trick bike show there:
Beijing Jugglers Workshop
Montag, November 16th, 2009As every Monday night the Beijing Jugglers group met at the bar called Yugong Yishan. Today probably due to the very icy cold weather not many people came.
Fede was mainly juggling balls.
And I tried some tricks on a static bike for a performance in Tokyo where I will only have 3 times 4 meters.
Jess Meider Concert
Samstag, November 14th, 2009The “DiVINE” CD Release Party of Jess was so great! Such a good concert, great performance and nice vibe in the venue with energetic afterparty. Here are some pictures of Jess with Sarah Vossler (background vocals) and Zac Courtney (drums) and other musicians:
The Italian juggler Federico Moro did a ball juggling performance with up to 5 balls choreographed to a new song of Jess.
After playing all the new songs that are on the Divine CD then Meiyouwenti Records brought some reggae music with the DJ Oscar who gave us a nice grove for dancing.
There was a nice article about the concert published in the Global Times. Check it out!
Jess Meider New CD Release Party Tonight!
Samstag, November 14th, 2009I am so looking forward to this. Jess Meider has just finished her new album and is having a special CD-release concert tonight at Dos Kolegas starting at 10pm. The album is called DiVINE. Her new songs are so beautiful… If you are in Beijing come on out and listen and experience!
TED in Beijing
Freitag, November 13th, 2009Do you know about TED? Well if not then you need to check out their website: www.ted.com
Today was the first TED event in Beijing. As it was an independently organized event but with the TED license it was called TEDxBeijing. And I was selected as a speaker! I was so excited when I heard that news on October 30th!!! Since then I was in an extreme speech preparation mode. I re-wrote my speech about 8 times. There were too many topics to talk about. It was hard for me to chose. In the end I chose the title: Changes of Perception. I was wanting people to change their perception about bicycles and re-consider to ride. Especially in Beijing.
And to inspire people that cycling is not just about pedaling I also did some tricks on my artistic bicycle. Of course… 🙂
There was some pictures of it on tech.sina.com of me speaking as well as doing tricks on my bicycle. Also I found some pictures of the event on flickr. And more pictures.
This was such a great event! So many great speakers and interesting topics. It showed the different perspectives of Beijing and China. We had live online screening of all the speeches. And the videos will be edited and hopefully soon uploaded. I am looking forward to that. Now I first need to get a good nights sleep!
sina.com：伊泉在TEDxBeijing发表演讲
Freitag, November 13th, 2009There was an article on the sina.com website about my speech at TEDxBeijing conference. Click here for the original version.
图文：伊泉在TEDxBeijing发表演讲
http://www.sina.com.cn 2009年11月13日 18:44 新浪科技
新浪科技讯 北京时间11月13日下午消息，首届TEDxBeijing演讲活动今天在北京举行，本届的主题是“发现激情”。新浪科技独家直播本次会议。
以下为伊泉在TEDxBeijing发表演讲。
伊泉是一位充满激情的德国自行车选手，她在美国生活了六年。她曾是一位粒子加速器的研究员，之后转向了远程传输领域，并且搬到了北京。在超过 20年的时间内，她是一位有竞争力的运动员，效力于德国国家室内自行车队10年的时间，现在仍在世界各地表演。2007年，在内心激情的驱使下，伊泉和她的一个朋友在北京创建了一个仍然在不断扩大的组装自行车社区。伊泉还创建了Natooke，这是第一个组装自行车以及杂技商店。她是点废成绿 (Greening the Beige)活动的顾问，这是一个环保理念的艺术征集活动，以期为北京的环保组织和个人建立起联系。伊泉希望在中国树立一个观念：自行车是一种运动、爱好和每日出行工具，最关键的是，它可以降低温室气体的排放。她的骑行在各国电视上广为播放，包括德国、瑞士、比利时、新加坡，当然也包括中国 (CCTV3，CCTV9，天津电视台)。
There was also an article on the 236z.com website. And probably also on others…
绿色骑行（绿色英雄ECO HERO）伊泉 Ines Brunn
Donnerstag, Oktober 22nd, 2009Here is a post about the TV program done by Tianjin TV station about people that work for a greener environment.
You can watch the ECO HERO video on tudou.com
绿色骑行（绿色英雄ECO HERO）①
10/22/2009 12:00 AM
在中国，骑单车恐怕是人人皆会的一项技能。然而，四轮驱动的普及让这种环保而健康的出行方式逐渐受了冷漠。
汽车释放的黑色烟雾让整个城市都阴霾起来。于是，有这么一些人，回归人力驱动，重新骑上了自行车。
金鸡独立，双手倒立，原地转身……这些动作你会做吗？
估计你会很不屑地说：毛毛雨啦！但是，如果必须要在自行车上做这些动作的话，你还觉得简单么？
然而，真有这么一位金发碧眼的外国美女，能轻松地驾驭单车，变换数十种高难动作，令你眼花缭乱！其实，她是一位环保领袖。她与她的单车同伴们，正用行动履行着无碳化出行的承诺。尹畅，林铁，月亮姐姐，麦小龙和苏菲也跟随伊泉，开始了自行车大游行。
在这期绿色英雄中，您将领略到自行车达人伊泉出神入化的车技，还有专属她和男友的一个轮子的浪漫。并且，主持人尹畅也将在独轮车上小试身手，她的车技如何呢？
当骑单车成为当红不让的极限运动，当骑单车成为健身房中动感无敌的项目，当韩国总统与伦敦市长也成为单车上班族时，当四轮到两轮成为一种文明的回归时，你还嫌自行车不够时尚吗？
In China, almost everyone knows how to ride a bike. However, along with the development of technology, more and more people are beginning to have their own cars and bikes are no longer as popular as before.
Gases emitted from car exhaust pipes create serious air pollution within cities. Bearing this in mind, a number of ecologically spirited people are now choosing to ride bikes instead of driving. Ines Brunn is a special one of these people.
Some people race their bikes, some people cruise on their bikes. Other people simply use their bikes to get from A to B. Ines Brunn doesn’t. When she gets on her bike, she is a gymnast, contortionist, and acrobat all rolled into one. Today you can appreciate the awesome, breathtaking bike tricks done by this amazing cyclist cum athlete.
Kathy Yin has her first attempt at riding a monocycle. Will she manage it? She realizes that riding bicycle is both cool and environmentally friendly. What about you? Have you been on the static bikes at the gym this week? Why not ride your bike to the gym instead? And enjoy the warm sunshine and fresh air? Perhaps if you are adventurous you can also try a monocycle, or perhaps travel somewhere with your partner on a tandem bike.
播客: ECO HERO
加入时间: 2009-10-22