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

Vienna Teng performs "Between" at Stanford University's Big Danceyland event on May 14, 2005.
Vienna Teng (Piano, Vocals)
Marika Hughes (Cello)
Jim Batcho (Drums)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Vienna
• Teng
• Between
• Waking
• Hour
• Stanford
• Big
• Dance
• live
• piano
• singer
• songwriter

[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.

[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...

[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.

[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.

[illZwhY]

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

[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.

[uvaeril]

The people are SO rude. Can't believe 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.

[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.

[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.

[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.