Elancer
Definition: "to dart/launch/throw forth"
Nondefinition: "to dart-and-wobble"
Example: To avoid the "dart-and-wobble" in the temps-lie elance, Nureyev advises us to step just beyond the foot, aiming for its shadow
Caveat: ...in the midst of innumerable technical advice for temps-lie elance, pirouettes, and other moves, it's easy to allow energy to dissipate. But energy is what breathes life and emotion into the movement or pose. It must be maintained and manipulated: shaped, stretched, kneaded, pushed, pulled, thrown and caught...or else the resulting movement is flat and unimpressive, and does not qualify as "dancing". Stated mathematically,
Dance = technique + energy
Definition: "to dart/launch/throw forth"
Nondefinition: "to dart-and-wobble"
Example: To avoid the "dart-and-wobble" in the temps-lie elance, Nureyev advises us to step just beyond the foot, aiming for its shadow
Caveat: ...in the midst of innumerable technical advice for temps-lie elance, pirouettes, and other moves, it's easy to allow energy to dissipate. But energy is what breathes life and emotion into the movement or pose. It must be maintained and manipulated: shaped, stretched, kneaded, pushed, pulled, thrown and caught...or else the resulting movement is flat and unimpressive, and does not qualify as "dancing". Stated mathematically,
Dance = technique + energy
