What belly dancers call "veil dancing," was quaintly called "manipulation of draperies" by turn-of-the-century modern dancers. Here's a lovely use of fabric in contemporary modern dance.
Mastering the Shimmy: an Unusual Source of Inspiration
Teaching the bent-knee shimmy in last Thursday's class, I was trying to explain the relaxed loose flop of the movement's reverberation. Searching for parallels, I suggested, "you know, like those funny internet pictures of running basset hounds," but was met with blank stares. While not exactly the type of inspirational images I had hoped to be sharing on this blog, I promised to post pictures, so, here they are:
A palette cleanser:
A palette cleanser:
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| Photograph by Mirka Adamsky Rackova, via NationalGeographic.com |
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