Boring non-silly chatter thread

A Soprano On Her Head- Shall We Dance - Abstract

Eloise Ristad is move by the paintings of Chaim Nahor. The artist recognizes that the painting move her because of the motion he went through in creating the art. These are the common experiences a human body will relate to physically. A dance that both the artist and the viewer share. A creation while mechanically correct can loss its connection to the rhythms and motions of the human body experience. Such a work will not move the audience.

Eloise goes on to apply this experience to teaching musicians to create music that moves people. To move people with music, the musician must first be moved by the music.

In the first case, she asks Kate, a 7th grader to press her palms against the instructor's palms and feel the exchange of slow tension and energy which is present in the opening phrase of a Mozert piece. She describes the experience of the motion as if one were exploring a grotto. Her method is doubted by another artist Larry Grahmn, who latter discovers that he also moves his hands when describing the same Mozart music.

Movement guilds interpretation of music. Understanding the lyrics is only part of understanding the music. Music evoking movement is a common human body experience. The fetus responds to music. Children respond to music with their whole bodies. Calls for children to be still and behave when they dance suppress our natural response to music. It separates the mind and body.

Eloise wants to help us reconnect.

Eloise tells the reader to listen to sweeping music. She instructs the reader to lie on the floor and let the music carry the motion of the bodies responses and to feel the rhythms and the climaxes physically.

Watching another dance to ones own performance assists in understanding the music body connection.

Eloise tells us to tap our fingers to the music. She tells to dance with others and to respond with movement exchange in improvisation.

Rhythms are natural. The heart beats and the lungs breath. For those that can't find their natural rhythm, Eloise suggests crawling in opposition (right arm forward, left knee forward) to reconnect with the natural rhythms of the body.

Eloise tells us to practice connecting the body to music by any means necessary, to just dance, and to explore diverse music. The music must move the musician before it moves the audience.

Fago! wrote: »

Dance. i wanna dance. dance wiv me!

Yes you can haz a dance wiv me too...;)

hondasam wrote: »

fago can sit on a chair and we will dance for him.

ha ha ha sure we could lol! cheeky giggle!;)

I don't just dance for just anybody!

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Pervert!

Please Damo, pics or gtfo is exactly how you got me in the first place. And 9 months on it still works.

In other news.

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.

Does anyone know of any work going? I'm being raped by my boss. Well one of them.

Imma happy bunny

The mods keep locking threads:o:(

Isn't modding sort of illegal though?

hey deki haven't seen you on the cuckoos nest for a while. How are you? (Formally snuggles)