andrewducker | Interesting Links for 13-03-2024

2) Reading the comments, I want to shout from the rootops that this is exactly what contemporary dancing shows are like. I hope videos like these will encourage some people to go and see one. I mean it's great that some old white people don't limit themselves to classic ballets but it's still sad to see them fill most of the seats in theaters and opera houses. (Speaking only for my own country, of course, where culture is still very much comparmentalized)

That's sad to hear, but then I have strong links to the local dance communities from an early age. Especially the modern performance dance. Mainly from having helped aspiring ballerinas do their portfolios (given the dearth of male people willing and able to do at least rudimentary ballet at a local level). I didn't have to be good (and I am not), I just had to make them look good.

A few went on to become choreographers of major Australian dance companies.

[Dance made a great substituted for gymnastics when I started losing the ability to throw myself off my feet due to competition judo reflexes. I do not understand the Australian male's reluctance to dance. It's fun, even absent the company you keep. It's a good thing that a lot of swing and modern dance has come back into style (although I am sadly now incapable of doing much of anything).]

I love that piece, both in the original and live versions.

2 That dance is amazing. And NinetyDegrees makes a really good point - I have seen a little contemporary dance and really loved it.

5. "you, furthest-child, least-looked-for, long-range-spaceship, held hope internally at 37.5 degrees"

Tumblr is notorious for providing sentences that just knock you over, in the middle of absolute nonsense. I have read that post a few times and the phrase above just echoes in my head for days afterwards.

Interesting Links for 13-03-2024

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