• Hosie

  

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  Re: Definition

  07/18

  Are we voting? :)
  
  I like this one: "skill in dancing comfortably with whomever comes your way"

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• • Unsu...

    

     

    Re: Definition

    07/18

    Not voting, necessarily.
    
    I just threw those out to tickle the minds of others. But was at first a little afraid to, as did not want to define the discussion.

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  • • Vajrana

      

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      Re: Definition

      07/18

      always a beginner myself, honestly so,
      
      there is certainly the 'wow factor' of graceful lifts and flying ~~ as performance work those skills are important
      
      but the experience of dancing with someone i would describe as 'advanced' has to do with their weightlessness, their ease, their ability to listen, their ability to put me at ease. it has to do with presence, with being in the moment, and with knowing their bodies.
      
      and of course cool stripey pants are always good,

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    • • Unsu...

        

         

        Re: Definition

        07/19

        <<<lifts and flying ~~ as performance work those skills are important>>>
        
        Is that the extent of CI performance?

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      • • Vajrana

          

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          07/19

          of course not, but it does wow the audience. i have watched plenty of ci performance for which it seemed lifts and flying were the dance. watched one last weekend at the country fair in fact. i left early.
          

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      • Helen

        

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        07/20

        I would like to second Vajrana's response... I too think deep listening is very important, allthough some do grasp it in early days of learning contact. Weightlessness, ease, presence.
        I second the cool stripey pants as well, of course!

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