tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863436.post4295536031172004396..comments2023-04-09T08:20:13.794-07:00Comments on Make Dance Here: The virtuosity of brushing your hairLilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07541708546381976341noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863436.post-71264842457565607982009-10-22T12:54:49.717-07:002009-10-22T12:54:49.717-07:00To me, part of the virtuosity here would be verisi...To me, part of the virtuosity here would be verisimilitude. Here's an analogy. When kids draw noses (like a nose on a face) they draw them like little triangles, right? Little cartoon noses.<br /><br />Later on, if you take a drawing class or just start drawing more seriously, you realize noses are not triangles at all! They're complex little 3D shapes, full of different shades. So you try to draw a nose as it really appears -- not just sketch out the "nose icon."<br /><br />So, same thing w/ everyday motions. There's the charades version of a motion -- exaggerated and cartoony -- and then there's the REAL version, w/ all the subtlety and nuance of real life. And I'd call a performance virtuoso if it captured this subtlety -- if it made you go, "ahhh, yes, that IS how people brush their hair! Right!"<br /><br />(This isn't to say that you can't be a virtuoso at cartoon noses or cartoon motion -- there's definitely a whole different approach that's all ABOUT stylization -- but I think in this context I'd be looking for something that really showed an eye for that real-world detail.)Robin Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544600054056664342noreply@blogger.com