Mathematical, collaborative, dancing genius — Merce Cunningham
Saying that dance is mathematical is the worst possible thing you could say to an aspiring performer. Odds are, if you are good at barre, you are terrible in calculus. And yet what most dancers and musicians, for that matter, don’t realize is that both disciplines rely on more higher mathematical skills than a marketing professional or 75% of all business managers. For dancers, a deep understanding of time which is articulated through even and weighted beats must be immediately, rationally and kinesthetically […]
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