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This is so bizarre and kafkaesque to me (@jcm-put 'Kafkaesque" on your checklist!)

What is the definition of "dance"? What if I moved in slow motion using forms that, if speeded up look like "dance" moves? What if those moves, though very slow, are 'regular" movement like walking and scrating my head? What if I stand very still for a very long time? What if my friend and I choreograph "accidentally" bumping into each other while backing up to read the inscription? Is that dance? What if we do that repetively, but only noticeably repetive if you watch us long enough?

Any movement done deliberatley can be defined as dance. There is even a legitimate pot-modern definition of 'found dance" in the same way as found poetry and found art.

One can even legitimtely argue, from the perspective of the definition of art, that the police were performing a dance. It has all the elements. They responded to cues from others and made predicted, practiced movements.

And +1 to Doug.

by Tina on May 31, 2011 11:54 am • link • report