Thursday, 13 September 2007
Analogy
In conversation with a London circus performer, it is explained to me that static trapeze is the ‘classical music of circus arts’, whilst aerial silks and aerial hoop ‘are your jazz’. To be a good performer, you need to know the foundations and principles of your art, thus, building a static trapeze repertoire is essential. I can’t decide if he is being pretentious or if he has a point, but the analogy makes me smile regardless.
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4 comments:
Sheeesh, who is this guy, the George Balanchine of acrobatics?
I'm hoping he's more like the Beethoven of acrobatics
It's actually helpful to me as I envision each activity: the whole "follow a set of conventions" versus the "improvise and go free form" approaches.
An interesting thought!
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