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Thread #144848   Message #3349870
Posted By: DMcG
12-May-12 - 05:41 AM
Thread Name: Morris Dancing outsillied...
Subject: RE: Morris Dancing outsillied...
Speaking as someone who enjoys watching a whole range of dance styles, including morris, rapper, classical ballet (eg Royal Ballet), more theatrical (eg Northern Ballet), most Matthew Bourne productions through to very modern abstract stuff ... I agree it seemed more like a Monthy Python skit. I think it was Tolstoy who claimed that you cannot produce art for money (a deliberate overstatement for effect, I imagine), because an artist is trying to express something whatever it takes, whereas someone working to a deadline for a fixed amount of money is inherently compromised. I have of course greatly over-simplified the argument. Anyway, it felt to me that someone had said 'there needs to be a dance as part of the event' and so it was done, without any real concern about whether it had any coherent concept or objective behind it.