Comments on: Open thread 4/21/21 https://thenewneo.com/2021/04/21/open-thread-4-21-21/ A blog about political change, among other things Thu, 22 Apr 2021 06:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Xylourgos https://thenewneo.com/2021/04/21/open-thread-4-21-21/#comment-2551745 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 06:21:00 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106463#comment-2551745 If you are a new comer to Georgia and are invited to a “Supra” with your Georgian host, you will no doubt be taken to a local where you will enjoy watching dance and listening to polyphonic singing while taking in copious amounts of food and wine!

]]> By: Zaphod https://thenewneo.com/2021/04/21/open-thread-4-21-21/#comment-2551717 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:19:51 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106463#comment-2551717 ^^ Suspect too that the recent version’s choreography is bit vulgarized and gypsified for modern ‘tastes’. Traditional dance in that part of the world emphasises male acrobatics and female restraint (Very Ev-bio sound strategy ;p) — all the fiery stuff happens below the knees with the ladies.

]]> By: Zaphod https://thenewneo.com/2021/04/21/open-thread-4-21-21/#comment-2551712 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:10:12 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106463#comment-2551712 Natasha’s Dance (War and Peace):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fmY4v6msHM

See if you can spot the Magic Words in the dialogue. It’s not hard 🙂

There are more layers of meaning and more allusiveness in the ‘original’ 1966 masterpiece — director was a master of the medium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9OATcfYZHI

Part of the poignancy is that Russian audience would know that old ‘Uncle’ would have been leaping about like a Georgian, err.. Russian if he still were able.

Also the title of a very good book by Orlando Figes. Read it by the pool in Bali 15 years back. And then went out that night to watch *them* dance.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2021/04/21/open-thread-4-21-21/#comment-2551710 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 00:58:54 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106463#comment-2551710 Some of the moves by the Georgian dancers are very like those executed by contemporary street dancers, although those use different gymnastics.
This random search result shows what happens when you blend the new genre with ballet. 2010 movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pubZTQm9d6Q
“While training for the UK Streetdance Championships, a streetdance crew are forced to work with Royal ballet dancers in return for rehearsal space. With no common ground and with passions riding high, they realise they need to find a way to join forces to win.”

The other dancers I was reminded of are kind of a precursor to the street jivers (although I’m sure that word is much too old-skul now).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQOfyR75vY
“Nicholas Brothers: The greatest dance sequence”
That is not hyperbole.
And they do splits on stairs.

]]> By: Esther https://thenewneo.com/2021/04/21/open-thread-4-21-21/#comment-2551646 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:13:11 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106463#comment-2551646 Be fun if American athletes played the entire game spinning around on their knees. Maybe they can be encouraged by playing the National anthem throughout the event? I might even watch that.

]]> By: jack https://thenewneo.com/2021/04/21/open-thread-4-21-21/#comment-2551645 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:06:57 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106463#comment-2551645 @SHIREHOME

Maybe more like this. Amazing that they are Chinese but are banned in China.

https://www.shenyunperformingarts.org/

Several years ago Mrs jack and i caught their act in Houston. It was a very good show.

]]> By: SHIREHOME https://thenewneo.com/2021/04/21/open-thread-4-21-21/#comment-2551641 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:56:20 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106463#comment-2551641 Amazing to watch. Just as are the Chinese acrobats.

]]> By: n.n https://thenewneo.com/2021/04/21/open-thread-4-21-21/#comment-2551637 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:48:09 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106463#comment-2551637 A showcase of human talent in a sophisticated order. The boys are extraordinary, then the girls join, and the scene is complete.

]]> By: jack https://thenewneo.com/2021/04/21/open-thread-4-21-21/#comment-2551629 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:11:47 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106463#comment-2551629 Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida’s new “anti-riot” law and civil rights attorney filed a federal lawsuit quicker that a duck on a june bug.

“The purpose of these laws are nothing more than an attempt to silence the Black Lives Matter movement and other civil organizations by limiting the ability to protest,” Bates said in a statement. “The First Amendment is a pillar of American democracy, and the ‘anti-riot’ laws clearly strip Floridians of their freedom of speech and right to assemble.”

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-lawsuit-anti-riot-law-20210421-k6f4pf2mtjhppesnpo2sug6p5m-story.html

]]> By: Cap'n Rusty https://thenewneo.com/2021/04/21/open-thread-4-21-21/#comment-2551612 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:55:33 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=106463#comment-2551612 And just look at that FLOOR!

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