and tonight a thought came to me, in the way when you always know something but just have forgotten it somehow: I like dancing when I can share with the others, either in dancing or in performing to an audience. The audience. how important it is to have someone witness you: it forms the core of performance and without a witness there's no performance. And sharing with other fellow artists and dancers the experience of dancing, the experience of creating. It is the time when I experience humanity to the fullest. And I say this with certainty: I have not so far in my life have any other experience that gives me the same kind of liveliness and humanness, and the worth of life if not the beauty of it. I learn how to appreciate life over death in dancing.
It is the sharing that keeps me going. I need to remember that.
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Hey Yina!
It was nice meeting you at the LANtern luncheon earlier this month! Thanks again for the bear. Even though it went to more deserving boys, I'm thankful for your kind gesture :)
It's pretty awesome what you do as as a dancer and how much you really think about your role in art. An audience is definitely needed for any performance art. What, then, do you think of the argument that the tragedy of performance arts, such as dance and theatre, is their ephemeral nature? The very essence of that moment, the feelings, atmosphere and emotions conveyed onstage, can only be preserved in the minds of the viewers. When that memory is lost, however, so too does that moment you worked so hard to express. Just a thought.
Hope you're doing well! Keep up the good work in teaching. You might not notice now, but your students are motivated by how passionate you are with dance. Keep up your spirits!
wow chris you hunt me down! It was great to meet you at the event as well. I appreciate your thoughts about my post.. indeed, many performance artists do what they do precisely because it is an art of an ephemeral nature. often what we do is compared to life itself - life is inherently ephemeral. so it is almost a philosophy to believe in the kind of art that we make and keep making. I always think that people who have a different philosophy about life can't quite make it far with this form of art...
Haha, well you seemed like a person with an interesting background and story to tell and you are! Given what you've said about the philosophical disposition of performance artists, I can understand how it would be difficult to live and work in the art. Props.
I find it a bit ironic, however, that the art that's supposed to imitate life, one that's fleeting and momentary, relies on stable structures and people. It would be difficult for a society composed of inherently ephemeral lives to give rise to the arts. Culture thrives when there is structure that is maintained through time. What do you think?
hey chris...
sorry for the delay in replying.. I typed up a whole page and the browser messed up. I am in Cali now if you're around, not sure where you are located but if you wanna meet up and connect I 'm down. I never got your contact info though. Maybe add me on facebook or sth. I am here for another week. cheers, yina
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