beauty in form

Every time my teacher harps on me to correct my form, I get aggravated that I can't just play perfectly:

with a beautiful sound, in tune, with obvious direction, with intention and purpose.

What's all this fussing about straight bows, collapsed wrist, leading with the fore arm stuff?

Then I watch something like this and realize how necessary the perfection of form is:

necessary for control, for accuracy, for health, for freedom, for a stronger statement of expression.

I would have been such an impatient ballet dancer.

But my appreciation is there 100%.

I love the title of this: "Le vent"

Marina Kanno and Giacomo Bevilaqua from Staatsballett Berlin perform several jumps captured in slow motion at 1000 frames per second.

Directed by Simon Iannelli & Johannes Berger
Camera by Dr. Frank Gabler & Hendrik Nix, slomotec
Coordination Staatsballett Berlin Doreen Windolf & Alexandra van Veldhoven
Music Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (Gigamesh DiscoTech Remix)

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