Putting dance into words is difficult but possible, and is sometimes beautifully done. It is critical for a successful career in any aspect of dance. Through this blog, we investigate dance writing in the form of writing by dancers, literature (fiction and poetry) that contains dance references, scenarios for choreography, dance journalism including criticism, and dance and notation.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Beauty in Dance
On Tuesday, we all noted in our free writes that "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". If this is to be true, it must also hold true that beauty cannot be objectively defined. There can be no set definition for beauty if every eye observes and recognizes beauty in a unique fashion. To some, beauty may be a gentle breeze or Petipa's "Sleeping Beauty". To others, it may be a thunderstorm or Mary Wigman's "Hexentanz". Though "Hexentanz" is vastly different than "Sleeping Beauty" just as a thunderstorm is vastly different than a gentle breeze, each holds to itself unqiue properties which certain individuals deem as beautiful. Then, if each creation holds unique properties which can be deemed as beautiful, it then must be true that every creation which holds potential to be recognized as beautiful is therefore already beautiful. Beauty is not created by recognition, but is rather innate in creation. Beauty is not dependent on recognition but is rather a product that results from being created. If any creation holds the potential to be recognized as beautiful, it then already is beautiful.
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