Nov 23 2012
I…don’t know.
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You can ask me what happened during The Barnard Fall Project performance but all I could tell you is, “I don’t know.” I really don’t. From a technical standpoint, I admire all the dancers for their courage and talent in executing such a dance. I know how hard it must be to time each dance perfectly, how difficult it was to develop such muscle strength yet still look so graceful, and how impressive it is to remember each detail of the choreography. From the art standpoint and the meaning behind each work, I have less to say. I was and am still stumped. The first dance was not so bad. I thought I could feel a theme of competition, teamwork, and the like. I understood a small bit. The second one was absolutely confusing. But I thought that maybe that was the point of it.. to tell a confusing story of four women, entangled in each other’s rough lives. All I can really be sure of is how I felt. And I was scared. It struck me as creepy and negative. I was entranced and slightly frightened. It definitely kept my attention. The Barnard Fall Project proved to be a successful projection of art because it brought about an emotional response. I just wish I could have understood it also.
You definitely had a lot more positive things to say about this thing than I did. No where in the first scene did I gather anything regarding teamwork but I guess I can almost see it now? I mentioned in my post that their ability to work together and learn the choreography was impressive but can’t that apply to anything in life? Hard work and dedication generally produce an impressive product but I don’t really know if I can say I was impressed at all…I think there are certain forms of art that you simply have to be familiar with to understand and modern dance just wasn’t for us because we had no background or knowledge of it.
Teamwork? I thought they were fish. I, to this day, have no clue what I saw at that performance. It was different absolutely, and creative, I guess. Having some background in modern dance would have helped.
Teamwork? I thought they were fish. I, to this day, have no clue what I saw at that performance. It was different absolutely, and creative, I guess. Having some background in modern dance would have helped. I don’t know how people come up with this stuff.
Graceful is one way to put it…maybe. That is, if you consider some weird penguin walks and sporadic jumping to be graceful? As much as I hate to consider it, but yeah, they were successful if all they wanted was to provoke emotions. Just really weird emotions.