How do they do that?
As I watched this video I kept asking myself, how do they do that??? It is amazing – the strength, agility, concentration, balance, focus, seriousness of these two dancers, athletes, amazing people. Here is the link to the YouTube…
As a follow-up to watching the video I emailed colleague and friend Karen Montanaro and she sent me the following information for further thinking and viewing.
To me, it proves how little force is actually necessary when you can read the subtle shifts of weight and follow the lines of force that way. The Asians are masters at this. If you have a chance, I highly recommend watching these videos that illustrate the miracle and the horrible down-side of this rigorous investigation:
Horrifying:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/69775 (if you don’t have time to watch all 53 minutes of this documentary, fast forward to 15 minutes in and watch only one minute.)
Miraculous:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sMc-p19FIk
Miraculous:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KVPA-9hofw
This is almost 8 minutes long. If you don’t have time to watch the whole thing, capture the gist in the beginning and then watch to the very end. It’s not over until AFTER she bows! She’ll make one last, totally stupendous gesture 🙂
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