tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321058650322811503.post8489967958919741975..comments2023-08-24T04:50:44.453-07:00Comments on dancers in dialogue: Onstage last nightkatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11642932334557780110noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321058650322811503.post-90300407351460180842010-06-28T01:16:27.434-07:002010-06-28T01:16:27.434-07:00Oh, and the above video is KICK ARSE. Now that is ...Oh, and the above video is KICK ARSE. Now that is creativity.johnlanouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677941857687526175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321058650322811503.post-19886186756859896482010-06-28T01:08:42.526-07:002010-06-28T01:08:42.526-07:00I imagine perhaps people stick with what works whe...I imagine perhaps people stick with what works when they simply have nothing new to say. If you're creative, you don't stick to the status quo because doing so is by definition not creative. If you're creative/don't have something new to say, you may just want to "make" dance -- string a series of movements together and perform them. I think many a musician creates a song that has zero inventive value but that sufficiently pleases that musician, as well as his listeners. In sum, perhaps the reason people are not pushing boundaries here is because they don't feel the need to create. They don't feel creative. Maybe people are just too happy here...There are no demons to be unleashed. Has the swamp sucked out the sorrow so essential to sublimity?johnlanouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677941857687526175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321058650322811503.post-29411120274500025452010-06-26T13:49:03.525-07:002010-06-26T13:49:03.525-07:00ahh, kate mattingly!!! thanks for the kind words. ...ahh, kate mattingly!!! thanks for the kind words. much appreciated. <br /><br />and also for the video snippet. once again, i love watching those dancers and wonder, again, what kind of directions they were initially given.<br /><br />finally, i found this comment of yours very thought provoking: "Given the variety of ways our bodies move, how does it happen that so much dance on stages in DC looks similar?" the idea that we have SO many options for movement is exciting and feels very optimistic--and yet we're choosing to limit ourselves to what we've already been taught or somehow decided was "attractive." that idea in itself--that we stick with what works, in essence--is directly against what i think of as the core concepts of modern dance--so why are we doing it? i'm as guilty as anyone, but it's worth thinking about, and then rethinking and rethinking.Amanda Abramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06392181076062706463noreply@blogger.com