Samstag, 5. Januar 2013

Steve Paxton
















" […] Trying to find out what’s going on and then being aghast that we didn’t know it already, or didn’t sense it, or didn’t intuit it. What stops the intuition? What makes us not see or feel the helix happening when we walk?
How to address the simple things. They’re so simple. The front of the body versus the back of the body. Nobody ever addressed that in a dance class. It’s so obvious that it doesn’t need to be addressed. This is the kind of thing that really turns me on. The foot hitting the floor, how does it do it? How does the weight get transferred? How does the body last as long as it does if it is used correctly? Amazing questions. The mind/body relationship, endless fluctuating fascinations. "
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Article in the New York Times (><)