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« Forget Lindsay Waters | Main | Mooninite Man sighted » Wednesday, February 14, 2007Dance in media (high) resA poster on Metafilter really got me enjoying life this morning, as I nurse a viral throat infection in a sleet storm, with a three-link post (click each link) of dance photographs. The first link show pictures of dancers in midair, calling to mind the astonishing Fred Astaire dance scene in "Royal Wedding" where he appears to climb the walls and ceiling mid-dance. Another link shows dancers through a Kaleidoscope; another shows dancers jumping through things, be it powder or air; a third posted by a commenter shows an image series of the kind pioneered as a precursor to motion pictures in the 19th century by Eadweard Muybridge with his "Horse in Motion" work: they show a dancer at closely successive moments so that the motion is captured in a sense all at once. Feels good to be alive, even on Valentine's Day. Posted by Evan Hughes at 11:53 AM
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