Understanding and discussing action does not require extensive dance terminology since movement can be categorized and described according to its qualities. For example, while a “sashay” in American Square Dance might be called a “chassé” in Ballet or an “undercurve” in Modern Dance technique, we can also describe it as a “slide” since that essential characteristic is present in all those steps.
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Between The Fire and Ice (excerpt)
Choreographer: Joe Chvala
Music: Joe Chvala, Eric Jensen, Savage Aural Hotbed
Performers: Joe Chvala, Luke Walrath and the Flying Foot Forum
Videographer:
Flying Foot Forum is a vibrant and bold percussive dance/theater company that fuses percussion and percussive dances with many other forms of music, dance and theater, telling unusual tales, creating a wild variety of characters, and exploring universal ideas in inventive and exciting new ways. Founded in 1993 by Joe Chvala, the Flying Foot Forum has been presented in a variety of venues around the world from Paris to New York City, Jacob’s Pillow to England. Continue reading more on Flying Foot Forum website.
Choreographer: Joe Chvala
Music: Joe Chvala, Eric Jensen, Savage Aural Hotbed
Performers: Joe Chvala, Luke Walrath and the Flying Foot Forum
Videographer:
Flying Foot Forum is a vibrant and bold percussive dance/theater company that fuses percussion and percussive dances with many other forms of music, dance and theater, telling unusual tales, creating a wild variety of characters, and exploring universal ideas in inventive and exciting new ways. Founded in 1993 by Joe Chvala, the Flying Foot Forum has been presented in a variety of venues around the world from Paris to New York City, Jacob’s Pillow to England. Continue reading more on Flying Foot Forum website.