I received this extraordinary video from a non-Tango friend. It shows a water balloon being burst by a pin. The kicker: it was filmed with an ultra-high speed camera invented by the Japanese (who else!?).
The camera shoots full color images at 2000 frames per second, in high-resolution. The resulting "slow motion" transforms even a messy, bursting balloon a work of art.
So it got me thinking, what if all those people desperately trying to learn tango in such a hurry were to slow down? Perhaps we'd have a lot more "art" than "mess" on our dance floors?
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Technology: Off-Topic?
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That was sooooooooo cool!
I thought so too!!!!!!!
Wow!
I don't know how many frames does the super camera that BBC uses to film Wimbledon tennis tournament fires but it also gives ultra-fantastic images.
Slowing down is good but only when it's necessary (ie it depends on the music). But I agree that people dance too fast these days. I myself, when I started couldn't slow down. Rodolfo Dinzel changed it with a few words (as he always does).
In "slowing down", KR, I was referring to the learning process, not necessarily how we dance.
As for "fast dancing" it also has its time and place. As long as it is part of a balanced way of dancing and not to the detriment of emotion-filled pauses :-)
Got you Johanna! It makes much more sense now!
I actually thought slowing down as in dancing, I find that beginners always want to rush their way through. It works both ways!
Yes, it certainly does!
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