http://www.fameorfamine.com/2007/09/apollinaire-scherr-on-why-dance-has-no-pavarotti/ The Performing Arts Blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:25:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.fameorfamine.com/2007/09/apollinaire-scherr-on-why-dance-has-no-pavarotti/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Gray Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:07:25 +0000 http://www.fameorfamine.com/2007/09/22/apollinaire-scherr-on-why-dance-has-no-pavarotti/#comment-264 I would argue that live music and recorded suffers the same problem. I hated jazz for the first two decades of my life, until I started seeing/hearing it live -- then suddenly it seemed incredibly fascinating. I agree that filmed dance is removed from the reality - as is filmed ANYTHING. The argument is just that Mikhail has as much recognition as Pavarotti, and that dance celebrity is as possible with dance as with opera in popular culture. I would argue that live music and recorded suffers the same problem. I hated jazz for the first two decades of my life, until I started seeing/hearing it live — then suddenly it seemed incredibly fascinating. I agree that filmed dance is removed from the reality – as is filmed ANYTHING. The argument is just that Mikhail has as much recognition as Pavarotti, and that dance celebrity is as possible with dance as with opera in popular culture.

]]> http://www.fameorfamine.com/2007/09/apollinaire-scherr-on-why-dance-has-no-pavarotti/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Cherie Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:01:57 +0000 http://www.fameorfamine.com/2007/09/22/apollinaire-scherr-on-why-dance-has-no-pavarotti/#comment-260 It's a complicated issue, but recorded dance, other than for historic value, just doesn't cut the same experience as live. Barynishikov calendars show instants, or a pose, however beautiful, but don't convey the passion, the artistry and emotion of the dance itself. Even filmed dance removes it from the watcher; it's just not the same. And that's just one reason why dance is so fabulous to appreciate live. It's a moment, and then it's gone. Be there or be square. It’s a complicated issue, but recorded dance, other than for historic value, just doesn’t cut the same experience as live.
Barynishikov calendars show instants, or a pose, however beautiful, but don’t convey the passion, the artistry and emotion of the dance itself.
Even filmed dance removes it from the watcher; it’s just not the same.
And that’s just one reason why dance is so fabulous to appreciate live. It’s a moment, and then it’s gone. Be there or be square.

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