For me, contemporary dance is like watching and listening to someone telling a story in a foreign language. I cannot really understand what exactly the story is about but I can feel the emotions connected to it.
Here's the same dancer competing in a more traditional "language". She is very talented! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t4YkMRC13u4.html
It is so French. It seems to combine the art of miming with the art of dance and they both tell a story and are so expressive and the artist really shows her talent!
Such a beautifully accurate way of putting it. Really has me thinking about how despite not being able to understand the string of sounds different cultures use to convey or describe an experience, there are universal physical expressions of emotions that transcend language barriers. A born and raised Ukrainian can easily recognize the contortions of grief upon the face of a Frenchman. An Ethiopian woman needs no translator to understand the elation on the face of a Norwegian woman as she welcomes her first child into the world. Nearly everyone on earth can read the anguish in the eyes of another human being who has just lost basically everything. Especially these days, it’s all too common/convenient to view the world as ‘us vs. them’ or ‘us and the *other*’, while completely overlooking the human experience that connects all of us. Wish the world took a bit more time to speak a little more ‘Human’. Imo, ‘Human’ is the only language that truly matters…
She was telling a story from the first motion. She was captivating. For me, she was telling a story about the passage of time in our lives. How it hastens past us, slows, falters, eludes us. How we want to recapture it, perhaps. The thing is, she made me think. I do want to know.
I had just replied to another commenter who compared this piece to listening to a story told in another language; the details aren’t clearly understood, but the emotion comes through perfectly well. Perhaps my favorite part of art (all art forms, really) is the conversation and discussion of perspective it stirs up. The other comment made perfect sense to me. Yours also makes perfect sense to me. It’s endlessly fascinating to me to hear what thoughts, emotions, and perspectives come up for different people when we consume a singular piece of art. Art is designed to make people feel things. The discussion of art essentially creates a huge buffet of emotional responses that we can all sample from. The artist connects to the audience to convey a story, and then the audience connects with each other to discuss how they perceived the story. How freaking cool is that??
The fluidity and connectivity of her movement is just gorgeous. Everything is precisely as it should be... I'd be jealous if I didn't know about the hard work and long hours that are necessary to produce a piece like this. At this level, talent isn't just given; it's EARNED.
So beautifully expressive and captivating! It’s wonderful to see a classically trained dance perform a contemporary piece like this one. The moves are fluid and controlled🌹Gave me chills! Brava!
wow.... My breath caught in my throat. Many full body chills flushed over me throughout. It wasn't until the end that I realized that silent tears were streaming down my face. wow....
Le fil du temps qui souvent nous échappe et que l'on voudrait, souvent, retenir. Compliments dans la beauté de l'expression qui rend intime la valeur du temps et sa fugacité.
Ausdruckstanz pur. Fliegen, drehen, greifen, spüren,alles,Füße, Hände,ein Auf und Ab von Träumen und Wahrnehmungen, Schmerz und Freude,. .das ganze Leben. Wunderschön. Noch viele solcher Momente sind uns hoffentlich beschieden. Liebe Grüße
Bonjour, oui, ici, la demoiselle a si bien maîtrisé l’ élan retenu que l’ effet retard est bien obtenu à la fin, … cependant, à la fin de la musique, les gens applaudissent et non à la fin de la chorégraphie… tant est si bien que l’ on a l’impression que la danseuse finit avec du retard, alors que non,non, en réalité, pas vraiment. Bref, je crois que les gens du public n’ ont pas saisi. Maintenant, si retard il y a, l’ essentiel est d’avoir vu l’ amplitude et la perfection du geste comme presqu’ au ralenti. Cette technique est maîtrisée par la demoiselle. Très bonne idée pour un chorégraphe. Une expérience à faire et à approfondir. Magnifique 🤩 Encore merci pour cette idée créative géniale. Merci, merci. 🙏🏻😘🌹🌹🌹
