emanuel gat dance

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Content/Behavior

When looking at choreography, I hardly ever look at the content, as in, the material, the movements, or what it’s trying to say. But rather at how it behaves.

The HOW, not the WHAT.

The manner in which a choreography behaves, as in, the way in which decision making manifests through the actions of the dancers, is all you need to know in order to ‘understand’ the nature, as well as the artistic value of the work.

The HOW, in itself, is content.

Any form of choreographic work that tries to bypass the HOW, in order to control the WHAT, is nothing more than a poster.