The Olympic Dances
Dani Blanco
They're nervous in London. And when people get nervous, they start arguing. So yes and so no. They have reason to be nervous. It is a bad luck to have to organize the Olympic Games later after the Chinese. They will prepare the infrastructures in order, they will not have to organize special English courses to receive visitors, and Elton John is always ready to show his new glasses to the whole world. But what will they dance in these ceremonies of beginning and end? This is what has sparked the debate in England.
The ceremonial dance is one of the main images that the Olympic games allow. In the end, it's a puppet thing. You have to collect thousands of volunteers and make them go back and forth, all at once, well synchronized and taking out and hiding the cappuccino of color that corresponds to each moment. There are usually computer-designed movements, and then each “dancer” plays the bit 0 1 0 0 1...
The Chinese are the best at pretending to be Chinese, and suspicion has spread in England that the Chinese puppet dances of the Olympic ceremonies were invented, which is also said to be Made in China. We have seen thousands of Chinese dancers perform an amazing show and now the nerves in London. Some say that the matter should be left to the Royal Ballet, others say that it is better to do a break dance demonstration, but many have set their eyes on the morris dancers. They say that thousands of Morris dancers must gather and make a gigantic show.
The Morris dancers of England could be equivalent to the Basque sword dancers. But there's a difference. For example, in age – most of the morris are adult dancers – and in their attitude towards dance. The Morris dancers have no sympathy for the piles of dancers. They believe in the distinct personality and dance style of each dancer and team, and the fact that thousands of dancers on a football field are doing the same seems utterly absurd. That is why they are very reluctant to the proposals of thousands of morris dancers to dance together at the Olympic event: “Besides,” the critics add, “even if we tried, we wouldn’t be able to dance all at once! We are not Chinese robots.” Four years
ahead for the debate and not just to give up. If the Morris dancers renounce the Olympic honor, one proposes to create and clone their images by computer. There is no escape. It’s a good thing that Bilbao doesn’t have – for now – an Olympic dream.
The ceremonial dance is one of the main images that the Olympic games allow. In the end, it's a puppet thing. You have to collect thousands of volunteers and make them go back and forth, all at once, well synchronized and taking out and hiding the cappuccino of color that corresponds to each moment. There are usually computer-designed movements, and then each “dancer” plays the bit 0 1 0 0 1...
The Chinese are the best at pretending to be Chinese, and suspicion has spread in England that the Chinese puppet dances of the Olympic ceremonies were invented, which is also said to be Made in China. We have seen thousands of Chinese dancers perform an amazing show and now the nerves in London. Some say that the matter should be left to the Royal Ballet, others say that it is better to do a break dance demonstration, but many have set their eyes on the morris dancers. They say that thousands of Morris dancers must gather and make a gigantic show.
The Morris dancers of England could be equivalent to the Basque sword dancers. But there's a difference. For example, in age – most of the morris are adult dancers – and in their attitude towards dance. The Morris dancers have no sympathy for the piles of dancers. They believe in the distinct personality and dance style of each dancer and team, and the fact that thousands of dancers on a football field are doing the same seems utterly absurd. That is why they are very reluctant to the proposals of thousands of morris dancers to dance together at the Olympic event: “Besides,” the critics add, “even if we tried, we wouldn’t be able to dance all at once! We are not Chinese robots.” Four years
ahead for the debate and not just to give up. If the Morris dancers renounce the Olympic honor, one proposes to create and clone their images by computer. There is no escape. It’s a good thing that Bilbao doesn’t have – for now – an Olympic dream.