Choreography, is the art of crafted assembly and organization of different, distinct elements, through time and space.
Pizza, is a simple yet genius example of the art of cuisine - the assembly of distinct, different ingredients - dough, tomatoes and mozzarella - through the process of oven baking.
We immediately recognize the essence of pizza, through how it looks, its smell, taste and texture. The experience and concept of pizza are obvious to us. We intuitively recognize the specific result of the assembly of these ingredients, in that specific manner, as pizza.
In the same way in which tomatoes are NOT pizza, movement, or dance for that matter, isn’t choreography. In order for choreography to be, there must be a crafted, creative (preferably original) process of assembly and organization of few distinct elements into a whole, a kinetic structure which is a separate entity. It’s about the assembly, the organization, the whole, transcending the building blocks and becoming its own thing.
Yet, what we are being served at most dance performances, is tomatoes. Or mozzarella. Or dough. And as good as the quality of these separate ingredients might be, it’s still not pizza.
A pizzeria serving only tomatoes, is actually a tomatoes shop. It can’t claim the title of pizzeria.
Not that there’s anything wrong with tomatoes, and if that’s what you came for, then great! But if like me, you go to dance performances expecting to get choreography, and you’re wondering why most dance pieces make you feel indifferent or worse, starving, it’s simply cause you’re not being served what you came for - pizza.
Also, some pizzas are made so poorly, you might get sick after digesting them.
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