Love this article. So much to absorb. That image of the feet is so true to the ballerina's life of pain underneath but always grace is shown and beauty are shown.
Thank you! I also have a dance background and im so fond of it. It really never goes away.
Theres a concept I think you’ll appreciate, called “sprezzatura”. It’s a “studied carelessness”. I explored it in fashion & beauty. But essentially it’s the appearance of ease that actually took a lot of effort.
I realize you’ll know better than anyone, the best dancers with the most skill make the choreography look effortless. There’s so much work that went into the grace. I love the dichotomy. But that came to mind with your comment and wanted to throw the concept out there if you’d like to explore it!
One thing I had observed about the best dancers is that the best dancers were the ones who were most off balance. The ones who could take a risk. Given that it looks like dance is about the ability to balance, it's funny that it's the exact opposite that makes a performance exciting. I haven't heard of sprezzatura but it makes sense. To make things look effortless. I think this is also how business should look. Often people want to show the hard work and be vulnerable about it but I think the ease of how it looks is the magic of it. I think the core of my life's work in whatever I'm doing has been to make the difficult look effortless. You are so right, the dance background never goes away.
Love this article. So much to absorb. That image of the feet is so true to the ballerina's life of pain underneath but always grace is shown and beauty are shown.
Thank you! I also have a dance background and im so fond of it. It really never goes away.
Theres a concept I think you’ll appreciate, called “sprezzatura”. It’s a “studied carelessness”. I explored it in fashion & beauty. But essentially it’s the appearance of ease that actually took a lot of effort.
I realize you’ll know better than anyone, the best dancers with the most skill make the choreography look effortless. There’s so much work that went into the grace. I love the dichotomy. But that came to mind with your comment and wanted to throw the concept out there if you’d like to explore it!
One thing I had observed about the best dancers is that the best dancers were the ones who were most off balance. The ones who could take a risk. Given that it looks like dance is about the ability to balance, it's funny that it's the exact opposite that makes a performance exciting. I haven't heard of sprezzatura but it makes sense. To make things look effortless. I think this is also how business should look. Often people want to show the hard work and be vulnerable about it but I think the ease of how it looks is the magic of it. I think the core of my life's work in whatever I'm doing has been to make the difficult look effortless. You are so right, the dance background never goes away.