Monday 15 August 2011

dancing for real

Contemporary dance is one of those artforms that people often cannot place. To try to explain it is often difficult too.This form of dance roams from freewheeling and intensely physical, to using the voice, to ordinary, everyday movement. Anything goes really. You have to be as proficient as a ballerina except in a loose and centred way. The reason I love contemporary dance is because you cannot define it.In action movements are fleeting and carry emotion. As a new observer you should just let it wash over you and allow yourself to be immersed even if you understand little understood.Allowing yourself to appreciate bodily beauty and movement in a very base, grounded way.