Vienna Teng - Between (Live Stanford CA 05-14-2005)

[illZwhY]

perhApz the solitAry sAdnezz withiN the heArt iz amplified amongzT the nonchAlent crowd. ;(

[woldewhosonolden]

When playing for a dance event, it's quite a compliment to have a packed dance floor, and enthusiastic applause post-song. I always feel bad for bands that play to empty dance floors. No one is enjoying their music...

[uvaeril]

The people are SO rude. Can't believe it!

[affectivity]

They're thoughtless, but it was for the dancers, and they look so beautiful. I wish I could have been one of them on the dancefloor.

[Arinelen]

Actually, Vienna Teng took dance classes at Stanford and wrote "Between" specifically for cross-step waltzing, a major component of those classes. So the song was written to be danced to, and she knew very well coming in that people wouldn't just be standing around listening to her sing and play.

You kinda have to be part of the culture to understand it. People take joy in dancing, and to do so is a compliment to the artists who come to these events to play for the dancers.

[deliciousnatalicious]

Hahaha! It's so strange to see Vienna playing at an event where there's dancing. Even stranger is to see college students waltzing. I would love Vienna, but it would be awesome to see one of them break out the way they would at a trashy club.

[asthmapuppy]

The audience apparently has no tact and couldn't be quiet for even a moment.

[mikepurvis]

It's a handheld camera picking up a lot of nearby conversation that would be inaudible from the stage and floor. The atmosphere at these kinds of events is amazing, and difficult to capture in a film—even by professionals, much less someone on the balcony with a Powershot.

[tachikomas]

Dude, the floor is bouceing.

[tachikomas]

I wonder if vienna knew that they would be dancing like that and was totally cool with it.

[affectivity]

On the notes to CD "Waking Hour" she acknowledges, among others, the people who waltzed to "Between."

But it is irritating to hear so much noise.

[xwaltz]

How it looks on the video doesn't reveal how amazing and beautiful the experience of dancing to Vienna's music is, among a roomful of other blissful dancers. Though I can see how it might appear to those who haven't had the opportunity to experience dancing to Vienna's music. This video is awesome to those who were on that dance floor. It's an even more intimate experience of her music. Thank you Vienna!

[thabogan]

Vienna's talents are wasted at such an occasion/venue!

Almost made me angry to watch. Very surreal!

[noelani82]

i was there at this event.  it is a very different experience, if you are a dancer, and you are there waltzing. this is not a music concert, this is dance event. vienna tang, a stanford grad, was nice enough to come and play. She actually composed this song to be a cross step waltz. So it's only fitting that people perform cross step waltz to it.

[asthmapuppy]

Teng.

[mikepurvis]

There are many valid ways of a responding to a musical performance. Reverent silence is one, enthusiastic dancing is another. Good dancers pick up the subtleties and nuances of the performance and demonstrate it by expressing these things in their movements, which is called musicality.

Some musicians get that, others still prefer a silent audience. It's gratifying that Vienna understands. Bands like the Boilermakers love to play for dancers—the energy they exude is amazing.

[ahda81]

it was a waste to let her perform at that place

[winry89]

~I Agree.... :(

[ctetc2007]

Vienna was part of the dance community at Stanford, and she had written the song specifically for people to waltz to it. She came back to Stanford to this dance event specifically so they could dance to her playing it live.

[Auntchovi]

Looks like a scene from Carnival of Souls. Bizarre, funny and creepy. I don't know how Vienna managed to keep a straight face...

[aridaru]

Woohoo, managed to spot myself among the mass of waltzers. It was a nice night, this is a nice song, and yeah, it was nice of Vienna Teng to play for an event like Big Dance.

[4patti]

If I were her manager I would only have her perform in venues where the audience has come to hear a concert.I think college campuses are a good place for such concerts though!