Yeah, me too, unless we're talking eighties robotic dancing of course.
Oooh I've just had a horrible vision of some sort of bellydance-kraftwerk fusion!
Seriously though, on ANTM (America's Next Top Model for the unenlightened lol), Tyra sends the models to drama sessions (the dig-deep-in-yourself sort) to get them to express emotion when they are modelling. And when I photograph people the ones who come out best are those who can express emotion when they are posing. It really doesn't matter how good looking they are or how good their figures are, the best shots are when the subject can project something of their inner selves.
And more often than not those subjects are over the age of about 30. I think this might be partly because they have more "life experience", and partly because they understand what "projection" is and how to "ooze" it.
Was it Bert Balladine who said "you have nothing to dance about until after you're 35"? (I'm paraphrasing there, it was in the NADA mag if you want the correct phrasing.)
But it can be terrifically difficult for some people. I have had younger subjects who can do it, and I am always thrilled when it happens, and of course I've seen younger dancers express themselves well in performance, but the older ones do seem to kinda "get it" more I think.
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