Modern dance is as much theater as dance when it tells a story. And today, sitting at my friend's rehearsal, I lost myself in the story, understanding how amazing it is that you can tell a tale in so many different ways: a photograph, a painting, a dance and of course, the written word.
There was also a moment while I sat there silently watching, trying to take in as much details as I could, since I knew she would ask me what I thought and expected a fair critique, where I decided that in a future life I want to return as a dancer. It was incredible to watch a dancer's body up close, the fluid, graceful movements, the taut muscles working together to create the feeling that the dancer was gliding weightlessly through the room.
Copyright Karina Sang 2008
2 comments:
This was beautifully written...
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I'd like to return as a dancer, too!
When my daughter took ballet at the local university I'd sit in whenever I could, mesmerized by the beauty of it.
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