Performance for Those Willing to Suffer - Covering More Ground

Covering More Ground

Artist Name:: Lunfardia
Song Title:: Libertango
Album Title:: Picada Pa' Cinco
Artist Website:: http://www.lunfardia.com/

From the artist's website: Lunfardia's members hail from Ireland and Argentina and perform a vibrant mix of new compositions and traditional song and dance music from Latin American countries. This fresh, dynamic and highly versatile quintet explores the classical, folk and jazz backgrounds of its musicians in exhilarating and virtuosic arrangements always building on the rhythms of South America.

00:04: So, I'm going to make a silly observation. And say, that if we do this, as our basic,
00:09: Then it's completely fine. But that, as a performance, it's, sort of, lackluster.
00:14: And, part of it... You know, our bodies could be more active, and emoting. But part of it is just it's small.
00:22: So, let's see. Let's really get so we have room.
00:33: And I hope we... weh, we're not quite in camera. But, I think, that makes the point.
00:37: Right? The first time we did the basic, we could have done eight of them, and stayed in camera.
00:41: And the second time we do the basic, we can only barely do one.
00:46: And so, how do we do that?
00:47: That first side step, you'll see there's the reaching; soft bend in the leg. And then we push. And then we collect in.
00:59: It was very nice.
01:02: So, really: reach, bend... And I want to accent that moment of push.
01:07: If I do this. And we have a chapter on it in walking, as well.
01:11: This, that's how far I go. Which is not very far, if I don't push.
01:15: And, if I do... Let's say we bend, and then we push. It really goes a lot further.
01:22: And we do that in all directions. So, if we're walking forward, for the leaders, back for the followers, we have this sense of reaching.
01:29: Shifting a hair off center. And then, pushing. And coming in.
01:36: Reaching; shifting a hair off center; pushing; and then, coming in.
01:44: So, as you practicing this... You know, at home, at your kitchen counter, whatever it is. You know, "Dog, don't move!"
01:52: Four pieces:
01:56: Number one, whatever direction, forward, side, I don't care, - you reach.
02:02: Number two, I'm wanting you to go further, I want you to go off center.
02:05: You see how my body isn't staying over vertical. When I reach, I really reach. And I'm going out, even, to cheat. To get more distance.
02:11: And then I push off, and collect in.
02:17: Practice.

Series:: Performance for Those Willing to Suffer
Tags:: Performance, Walking