Comments on: The Origin of an Idea http://thewinger.com/words/2007/the-origin-of-an-idea/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:26:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: thewinger.com » Belated Update http://thewinger.com/words/2007/the-origin-of-an-idea/#comment-23615 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:23:29 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/the-origin-of-an-idea/#comment-23615 [...] Johannes Wieland’s Le Sacre Du Printemps [...] […] Johannes Wieland’s Le Sacre Du Printemps […]

]]> by: PAT http://thewinger.com/words/2007/the-origin-of-an-idea/#comment-16312 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:56:01 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/the-origin-of-an-idea/#comment-16312 I think there are two points of interest raised in this blog. One, what is the role of reviewer - inform, opine, enlighten, encourage, report, persuade, compare....? Maybe all these. But when the reviewer seeks to inform/report - there is a journalistic requirement to get the facts right. Who, what, where, when, how much, why (if known) etc. My dad, a journalist of 40 + years taught me that. When the reviewer is in the "interpretive" realm, trying to encourage, interpret or otherwise opine, he/she is free to use whatever style, example, analogy, "standard" seems appropriate to express whatever he/she got out of the dance - just as the choreographer and dancer(s) try to express whatever they put in / get out of the dance. The beauty of the versatility of the dance form is everyone can get something a little or a lot different from the same experience - dancer, choreographer, audience, reviewer. My daugter, a dancer of 20+ years taught me that. I think there are two points of interest raised in this blog. One, what is the role of reviewer - inform, opine, enlighten, encourage, report, persuade, compare….? Maybe all these. But when the reviewer seeks to inform/report - there is a journalistic requirement to get the facts right. Who, what, where, when, how much, why (if known) etc. My dad, a journalist of 40 + years taught me that.

When the reviewer is in the “interpretive” realm, trying to encourage, interpret or otherwise opine, he/she is free to use whatever style, example, analogy, “standard” seems appropriate to express whatever he/she got out of the dance - just as the choreographer and dancer(s) try to express whatever they put in / get out of the dance. The beauty of the versatility of the dance form is everyone can get something a little or a lot different from the same experience - dancer, choreographer, audience, reviewer. My daugter, a dancer of 20+ years taught me that.

]]> by: lillian http://thewinger.com/words/2007/the-origin-of-an-idea/#comment-15634 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:35:15 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/the-origin-of-an-idea/#comment-15634 thanks kristen for bringing a dancer's voice to the debate. the concept of owning an idea seems linked to consumerism. the need to posess things. but what do we really own? especially when what we do as dancers is, by its very nature, disappearing? thanks kristen for bringing a dancer’s voice to the debate.
the concept of owning an idea seems linked to consumerism. the need to posess things.
but what do we really own? especially when what we do as dancers is, by its very nature, disappearing?

]]> by: brian http://thewinger.com/words/2007/the-origin-of-an-idea/#comment-15576 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:55:48 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/the-origin-of-an-idea/#comment-15576 i love the post! Very interesting. You are on to something. There is no such thing as an "orginal" idea. We all get inspired by whatever stimulous. What matters is how you use the inspiration so that you can apply it with intelligence. A tendu will always be the same but what matters is the context and transitions before and after. i love the post! Very interesting. You are on to something. There is no such thing as an “orginal” idea. We all get inspired by whatever stimulous. What matters is how you use the inspiration so that you can apply it with intelligence. A tendu will always be the same but what matters is the context and transitions before and after.

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