@kiasmus If one has studied the technique, one would dispel any notion of "kitsch" in it. It's a highly emotional and introspective technique. There is no way to fake the movement, if you tried, you would look stiff. The use of the breath as a mechanism to move the body gives the dancer an astounding release of energy and human emotion. Far from kitsch. The costumes, gay apotheose? So what, being gay in the era Clytemnestra was written did not hold the same ridicule you're suggesting. Rethink.
@andrewdancing I did the same thing many times - sat in Lincoln Center for hours on end, I was so mesmerized by the technique. Love Graham, wish I could dance it forever.
@kiasmus I don't think it's kitsch. And the costumes are by Holston, I believe, which explains what you say. Anyway, one of the happiest afternoons of my life is the time I sat for about three hours in the library at Lincoln Center and watched this entire full length ballet. I think it's stunning!
Fascinating. I can't believe how much this draws me in...
MajikkaniHand 9 months ago
I WANT TO SEE THE WHOLE PLAY!!
moninblue 9 months ago
sumps up if google brought you here ;) just amaizing
DiamondGameplay 9 months ago
she probably learned it from Thailand
coolstay85 9 months ago
@kiasmus It's certainly not kitsch if kitsch and avant garde are defined as opposites, which they often have been.
JohnBolender 11 months ago
@Sierpinski1
I expect so. Search "Martha Graham legal" on any search engine about the battles over who would control her dances after her death.
oldaardvark 11 months ago
@kiasmus If one has studied the technique, one would dispel any notion of "kitsch" in it. It's a highly emotional and introspective technique. There is no way to fake the movement, if you tried, you would look stiff. The use of the breath as a mechanism to move the body gives the dancer an astounding release of energy and human emotion. Far from kitsch. The costumes, gay apotheose? So what, being gay in the era Clytemnestra was written did not hold the same ridicule you're suggesting. Rethink.
Zipemova1 1 year ago
@andrewdancing I did the same thing many times - sat in Lincoln Center for hours on end, I was so mesmerized by the technique. Love Graham, wish I could dance it forever.
Zipemova1 1 year ago
@kiasmus I don't think it's kitsch. And the costumes are by Holston, I believe, which explains what you say. Anyway, one of the happiest afternoons of my life is the time I sat for about three hours in the library at Lincoln Center and watched this entire full length ballet. I think it's stunning!
andrewdancing 1 year ago
There's something deeply kitsch about this dancing, no to mention the costumes, which are a gay apotheose.
kiasmus 1 year ago