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Fred Astaire: On Being Upside Down, Whenever Possible

March 14, 2016

I grew up in a big, airy house, with tall ceilings and an abundance of windows. To this day being in a small space with no natural light makes me feel a touch claustrophobic. This is somewhat problematic because I spend an average of three days a week working in a box office. (But I digress.)

There was a game I used to play as a child, by myself, that I called "walking on the ceiling." I would hold a mirror squarely between my hands, face up, peer into it, and walk.

That's it. It was incredibly simple.

The mirror, and my forward motion, was all I needed to defy gravity.

Fred Astaire took a different approach.

And so I'll share with you the following, something familiar (I hope!) but never tiresome, because every now and then we should lose, for a minute, our sense of up.

Also- last note I promise-- BUT:

“Everywhere that beauty goes, you are.”
— You're All The World To Me, Royal Wedding

SWOON. Enjoy.

Tags: kristin yancy, dance, choreography, the collected works, choreography journal, insp, inspiration, fred astaire, You're All The World To Me, Royal Wedding, dance film
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