Monday, November 05, 2007
TCU program proves dancers should dance, not talk
The Dallas Morning News: "The show Saturday night at Ed Landreth Auditorium on the Texas Christian University campus proved the point. TCU's School for Classical and Contemporary Dance' fall dance concert treated us to two talky dances."
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Just a bit of "news from the real world" on this article. I'm not sure how unions handle issues like this on Broadway, etc, but I know that in Disney there are very specific requirements for talking versus non talking characters. The actors that talk are required to be a part of Equity, where as the non-talking (fur) characters are a part of another union. It is great to hear students experimenting, but sometimes the real world won't allow it.
i have never seen a dance piece with talking in, but i am sure that is is one of those awesome or really awful experiences. i mean, if it is done with careful consideration and good timing, it could be quite successful. but at the same time, if it does not possess these qualities, i could see it ripping you out of the moment, and making a piece that is not meant to be funny quite humorous, as it sounds in the case of this concert.
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