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a passionate car lover from austria recreate the from scratch cars from hollywood movies and they get away to the canary island of grand canaria for a test of their unique creasy. but we start off the show with a little spring in our step irish dancing or irish step dancing has a long history and tradition on the emerald island now you may be familiar with it thanks to shows like the river dance the movements are similar to fast tap dancing where the feet and legs do much of the work but the arms remain still the music is also generally traditional folk tunes but one group of young irishman is looking to bring irish dancing into the modern day and age.

skilled irish dance with a modern twist and breathtaking location and that's the recipe for the success of the irish dance company. there might not be you know they're not. irish for friends and the 7 friends are even clinton ronan o'connell francis fallon seamus morrison brian culligan stephen mcguinness sandara kelly. well irish does it is what we do just want to show the rest of the world how good irish dancing can be especially when paired with modern music we're trying to bring it forward to a new audience and really show like what ireland can do and what we can do. irish dance as part of the national culture hard to choreograph to trending pop songs instead of celtic to us and we're relaxed outfits instead of tailored uniforms there are modern performances our unique blend of john rhodes. what we're trying to do is fuse jazz dancing tap dancing even hip hop with our own irish dancing to

try and elevate and modernize our stunting and really taken to a whole new level. it may look straightforward and nimble footed and up but it's the result of years of hard training all 7. started dancing at a very young age some have known each other for years from the country's dance competitions they learn the variations and techniques of irish stands almost from day one. irish dancing shoes are made out of leather and they also have a tape that is made out of ceramic and here that is made out of plastic and using these 2 pieces we can make a variety of different beat so you can make a quick like that or you can make a sort of a more toadying be with your toe. they

got the group together in 2020 but then the pandemic hit and they couldn't perform live so they began producing videos and posting them on the social media site. yeah we do try to make our videos look as spontaneous and it was possible but really years of work is going to what we do takes up to 15 years. i guess the center that we've run a series together. can often take 2 or 3 days to choreograph just a very short video. the dance company had their breakthrough and august 2020 with this video it got almost 90000000 views and made social media sensation overnight. like dramatically. hard to talk to we began to get recognized by some people in the streets we. read every newspaper every local radio station is really wants to talk. about

there's a sense of excitement that we're going to group as. a day. just. shocked now the company is based in a sleepy little town near galway among their fans are international stars like the colombian singer she. here are the mega talented dancers barely 20 years old have been choir's from all corners of the world they have a manager now but for the time being george is still unable to accept any invitations to perform because of the corona pandemic. the young men recently moved into this house on the coast one of the 1st fruits of their success here they eat and from lax together. playing chess. exercising. and developing the ideas for their dance routines. they were hearst's in the kitchen or on the terrace. yeah we have such

big dreams for the future we just want to tour the words doing something that we absolutely love doing you know we're making viral videos out there and if we can show that up to a live audience and get the response just from them it would be absolutely amazing . traditional dance with a contemporary look. at the new generation of irish dance. birds of a feather flock together and it is precisely in these moments that danish photographer sari pulls out his camera the images he captures of starlings in flight look like giant creatures or even abstract paintings in the sky or what started out as a temporary project for this photographer has turned into

a journey lasting several years. you wait for a week or 2 weeks nothing. but then within a few seconds everything changes and suddenly the sky explodes. it is one of the most exciting things i've ever experienced in my life. my name is sun sorcha i'm a danish photographer i photograph starting memory since some very fascinated by the shapes that make in the sky. the magic usually happens when the flock of starlings is attacked by birds of prey. as a defense mechanism they create these very organic shapes these black waves going through

the flock and actually happen so quickly that you don't even realize sometimes what you've seen. to free slander region in the north of the netherlands photographers and sika has traveled here from denmark for his project black sun. i've worked in 6 different countries so far and so i do a lot of research to find out where the birds are. all i can do is research and turn up and then hope for the best. i've been out probably 120 days in the last 4 years and i've probably had between 5 and 10 very good nights. so starting memory since when i was a little kid my parents took me to the west coast of denmark when i was 10 that was

an image that never left me really and then i did portraits for 25 years. i suddenly it came to me that i wanted to go back to to see those starlings and try to photograph them and. continues to make more trips as well he's taking photos of celebrities like any winehouse. i doubt. the white stripes. and bjork. has really been my specialty and something that i've been pretty obsessed with. i've completed it's 5 different books of portraits of mainly famous people the new project. that i've been. doing now for a while it's very different it's nature and. it's very humbling in

a way it's. the heart to museum of contemporary art in the danish city hanging is now showing his photos in a major exhibition. i haven't moved one single bird in photoshop in this project. its nature. and its nature at its most surreal. these magic moments occur by themselves in the church. originally you seem to react to hard to remember plan to exhibits like us photos of danish pop stars but the pictures of the black sun series made such an impression on him that he changed his plan we know what's going on we can explain it and at the same time we see something which is so incredibly beautiful that it is difficult to comprehend. 0 because planned to spend one week with the

starlings turned into a 4 year project. every picture is totally different i have not in 4 years experienced the same most have twice. so that gives me a great incentive to keep going and i'm far from done with this project i think i will keep going for a few more years. time now for a blast from the past and fans of the 1980 s. t.v. show knight rider may recognize this car. well this is the high tech talking trans-am kit which always came to the rescue when its driver got in trouble well one man in australia is keeping kids spirit alive by recreating it and other hollywood movie cars. mountain hans mission in life is to resurrect

cars the right film or t.v. history and put them back into action he pushes his rep the current kids to its limits just like david hasselhoff did in the night by the t.v. series and he takes his original dodge ice charge of 1st being named his hometown graph and well street i'm. sure to its name because even cars if you could figure as an ice in the 8th part of the fast and furious movie series it took martin hahn about 4 years working by hand to replicate the batmobile it's hard to spot any difference to the jet turbine powered vehicles that overtake everything in the batman movie at 1989. is a vulnerability but when you're driving a film car it's like a little vacation from daily life why you feel special everybody looks at you and you feel a bit like a superstar in the car with them although not in hans daily routine involves

working as an insurance agent he's been collecting film cars since 2006 sometimes he buys the originals but often key recreates them himself like his latest version of the kits complete with the soup of the super 8 familiar to fans of the t.v. show are you after working on a car like this for years and investing so much time and money it's a priceless experience when you take a seat in the complete a car and you want to be opening up very high level michael if you're travelling at excessive speed because kids that you may not talk like the one on t.v. to it but it looks much the identical it took him several years to transform the pontiac firebird into a knight industries 2001. detail or i love the parts or handmade i bent and well that all the metal the hardest part about duplicating the car was always making the parts to scale you can't get any construction plans all i had to go on were screenshots from the series freeze

frames rulers and excel tables to calculate the measurements for the car that was it. if you have to. honest recreated it doesn't mean it's in steel and taken from popular movies and t.v. shows he's adding more every year he's got the full support of his family for projects that are always experiments. he also challenges taking on something new and overcoming new limits everyone asks me if i've got a plan how i proceed so i tell them no plan i just take a piece of metal a welding torch of flex and see what comes of it. what comes of it a faithful reproduction especially of cars that write media history in the 1980 s. such as the cattle lack from the cult classic ghostbusters that carried the intrepid heroes out on a cruise with old she hates. this sounds all day all these are the cars from my childhood but now that i've built the automotive highlights of my childhood i think

on specializing in more contemporary cars. he's currently working on his fashion so rusty tell you truck character and their race car lightning mcqueen from the animated movie cars best friends from human personalities. the car enthusiast town this mechanical life into the fictional models. if i get it with itself i've got 2 little boys 2 and 4 years old and they're total lightning mcqueen and cars fans my kids don't have an emotional connection to my other moby cars i'd like the boys to develop a passion for cars and that's why i'm building this one. race of martin hans recreate chanson not allowed on public rights but it's neat because to bring a little piece of hollywood to rural australia.

tortillas and tough are what most people think of when they talk about spanish food but when visiting the canary islands there's a greater x. like to mix now although the canary islands are part of spain they're geographically closer to africa so when it comes to food you can find specialties there that you can't find anywhere else. lee island of ground. whether you're high up in the mountains or down in sleepy fishing villages food is a big deal on the canaries 3rd largest island a cuisine influenced by the archipelagos location off the african coast and the mild climate here we find unique dishes like hot or well. on. a roll the other. gallows are potatoes with a spicy sauce. those near the capital must pole must also serves what is probably the most famous canary inside dish called lot the d.s.

race us uses local potatoes because they're the only ones to develop that characteristically wrinkly skin when they're cooked in salt water. asil refinery in the canary islands in general this skin in the tasty is part of the pop us out of got us because that's where the flavor is the salt and the moho sauce. they get a moment. the potatoes are served with a sauce made from garlic chilies and peppers. oh short drive away this mill in some time but i gather it's busy producing these staple of canady in cuisine go feel flour it's made from roasted grains mostly corn some mailers still produce it by hand to this day like jose antonio and as he only has the help of antique machines. that all go along i do everything by hand i clean your

corn i serve it i put it in the machine to roast i take the book it and put it in at the top we're working hard so this isn't lost because this is gold for a canary interview this is gold at the hotel are you going to come out to a photo. jose antonio had none does sells the flour to clients. from all around the island they take it home to have it for breakfast with milk or to bake it or cook it one of the favorites is real is that the at the it's a typical canary dish. goldfield puree is a traditional mix of go feel and vegetable fish or meat broth. peano had none of those cooks this dish every sunday at the. shop though. she likes to serve it with spearmint mobo sauce and onions these will be used as spoons. and they didn't. say you know you love to cook the smells remind me of my childhood

and when the english and the germans come i love watching them eat because they eat with so much gusto and then they think me here. these customers from germany are trying go feel. for the 1st time. it's a very rich delicious taste but it's also really a 1st it's a bit weird. but it goes well together everything melts in your mouth so it was very good. for dessert we continue to the center of the island to the village of take care that this region is known for it's all been trees and it's treats. we're going to get it this is a very good. b n mesaba it literally means that tastes good to me cook. made the enough has

developed one of the most successful recipes for this allman cream. first she needs to heat up lemon water. then she adds the famous to head the omens. finally she adds some egg yolks. who exhibited what my mother in law and the people have to head that taught me is that you have to cook it to the right point but as i didn't look at you need to know that it's done it needs to smell like a woman's like good on and as we say here so that. needs to cool for a few days but 1st a taste test. for anything excellent it's very good. it reminds me of my childhood of our landscapes. i'm not proud of our allman trees it's heavenly people they can see one of my. gran

canaria squid scene is just as diverse as its landscape amat no enjoy your meal or as the canary and say. renderings of. words good not right and finally we've been living in a pandemic for a year now and if you had to represent your feelings from living in lockdown in an artwork well what would that artwork look like well for me it was humble something like the scream or one german artist has found a unique way to make a statement about the liberties which have been curtailed during this time his installations with mannequins like this one here have been popping up all over germany now we met up with the artist to find out more about this project.

he's been fond of her i saw it and immediately thought that it had something to do with corona not so it would not. actually i thought if it was about discounts and so i could get some stuff because of the color of. the stuff and it's a group of people women children men and even animals everyone has mastered these days. so you don't recognize people anymore right who are gets colorful and that's why it brings joy to the heart and that's what we're missing. at 11 am right in front of cologne cathedral artist dennis josefa magic and his team set up $111.00 moneychangers he calls his installation it is like it is a symbol for the corona pandemic and its social effects. represents the movement restrictions that we have during these corona times we can't do what we'd like to do and move around the way that we're used to especially

in times of crisis we see how our lives can change and things we have taken for granted can suddenly become a thing of the past. the pedestrian area around the cologne cathedral is just one of the many places to stage his money. since the beginning of the pandemic last year they've already toured more than 30 german cities. they placed in front of. conquered. and occupied the old long bridge and then. the fake is wrapped in red and white warning tape symbolize social distancing and the standstill of public life. even on the ski slope. limits of the americans come from different places for example from boutiques that have had to close their doors during the pandemic but also from a hobby hardware store that had to shut down so i was able to buy all the mannequins

at a reasonable price messick studies it and honestly university of our $2.00 social sciences . he specializes in sculptures made of materials such as wood which he works on with a chainsaw as well as metal construction. it's a. it's like it is is his 1st public installation later this year a book of photographs on the project is to be published the manikins experience what many cannot join in the pandemic. for example they go club and. hang out at bus to gather. take a trip to the city. most recently the dolls were the only ones to celebrate because loan conical as it had to be canceled to the regret of many just to give you an idea this is what the place looked like not its lucky that was touring installation can take place independently of temporarily close cultural

institutions and it carries a message. worth of art and culture are also something for the mind you might not even consciously realize that it stimulates and inspires you mentally in different ways but you notice that you're lacking it somehow. in a dentist years if messick will be awarded the creator creativity prize in spirit for this project and if conditions permit he plans to take his mannequins own tools to other countries. and with that we come to the end of the show now don't forget to check out our website with this week's draw and a chance at owning this a d. w. backpack and some other goodies well as always thanks for watching and we'll see you again soon.

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