Felix Cherniavsky - Research Notes

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Felix Cherniavsky - Research Notes

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2 body - twin actualities . Poème Symphonique La Redemption Caesar Franck Suffering of the world in the throes of war Verso : Marseillaise Marche Slav -enslaved people finding freedom Tschaikowsky 6th Drama of the War Ave Maria Suffering and hope Seventh Symphony Scythian Warriors ' Dance What makes up the rhythm of the dance ? The law of gravitation - attraction - repulsion resistance and yielding . Listen to the great composers - Bach , Beethoven , Wagner . There you discover the rhythm , the pulsation of the Earth . Verso : The Masters have combined in their works terrestrial and human rhythm . That's why I have taken , as a guide , their rhythms , to capture the natural cadences of human movements . Greek vases show the ideal beauty of human form . Through the dance one is free , generous , compassionate tender - brave . Head up - looking toward the stars . Dance must be clean - not servile or sensual . Great strides leaps and bounds - uplifted forehead and far spread arms . Dancing - the language of the pioneer fortitude of our heroes - kindness - purity of women inspired love and kindness of our mothers . Verso : 3 kinds of dancers 1. Those who consider dancing as a sort of gymnastic drill . 2. Those who , by concentrating their minds , lead the body into the rhythm of a desired emotion expressing a remembered feeling or experience . 3. Those who convert the body into a luminous fluidity , surrendering it to the inspiration of the Soul . - She understands that the body by force of the Soul , can in fact be converted to a luminous fluid . Walking slowly toward the light - the first step in dancing . I began to dance with movements and gestures my enraptured soul knew how to communicate to my body . The dance that is only arranged by gym masters , only too logically understood , is without inspiration . Verso : Do not deaden impulse and inspiration . Inspiration of the soul is the only guide . a a