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What Makes a Dancer?
Not exactly the technique. A person can go to dance school for years, but if she doesn’t feel it; if she feels no passion come from within, she doesn’t deserve the title. I always remember a quote, attributed to Antonia Mercé “La Argentina” — a flamenco dancer “known for her creation of the neoclassical style of Spanish dance as a theatrical art.” (I’ve seen some really good flamenco dancers and I can tell you, I’ve never seen so much passion poured out in one performance.) The quote goes: There are no schools to create dancers, just as there are none to create poets… The technique, invisible for the spectator, forgotten…
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If You Are in a Shell, This Should Help
Probably the best video I’ve seen in a while. Incredible artistic interpretation and narrative. Incredible to me because I can relate in every single way. Really, I thought I was listening to my very own story, but so beautifully put. I used to be painfully shy as a teenager. Like Harry, I loved dancing and in it I found my way out of the shell. Slowly, but surely. When I was on stage — performing whatever dances I myself choreographed for the community — my anxiety would go away, even if temporarily. But the message is not just for dancers; it’s the story that has been told by so many,…
