13 Oct
2016
13 Oct
'16
7:14 p.m.
On 10/13/2016 11:48 AM, Neal Schlein via Callers wrote:
I think of traditional and traditional-feeling dances
as "smooth" not
because the choreography is technically more flowing but because they
somehow feel more lived in, as if any rough spots came naturally. They
don't feel carefully engineered and crafted to be exemplars of "flow" so
much as discovered, worn into shape through luck and happy use. Sort of
a Velveteen Rabbit effect, if that makes any sense.
Now I want to see a dance called "The Velveteen Rabbit Effect"!
Kalia Kliban