HANDS ARE VERY EXPRESSIVE. SOME PEOPLE ARE SAID TO “TALK” WITH THEIR HANDS AS THEY MAKE ALL SORTS OF GESTURES, POSSIBLY LEADING TO HISTRIONICS, WHILE EXPOUNDING. I FEEL ONE CAN ALSO “DANCE” WITH THE HANDS. IT IS FASCINATING TO ME TO THINK ABOUT THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND THE HANDS. SOMETIMES WHEN I LAUNCH MY HANDS INTO DANCE, THE BRAIN IS THE CHOREOGRAPHER AND THE PERFORMANCE IS “JUST SO”. AT OTHER TIMES, I CHANNEL ISADORA DUNCAN’S INTERPRETIVE DANCE CONCEPT AND FLOW FROM THAT INTO A FREEFORM IMPROVISATIONAL ROUTINE; ONE OF WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS ESSAY. THE VIDEO FACET OF THIS BLOG IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THROUGH MY BRAIN WHICH IS ENABLING MY RIGHT HAND IN A SPONTAINEOUS DANCE CALLED “HAND BALLET”. MY LEFT HAND IS THE “CAMERA MAN”, OR CAMERA HAND. THE SOUND TRACK IS A SMIDGEN OF AUDIO FROM THE 1943 FILM “THE CONSTANT NYMPH” WITH CHARLES BOYER AND JOAN FONTAINE. ALTHOUGH STATIONARY, THE YELLOW CUP IS MY “DANCE PARTNER”. WITH THAT, I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY “HAND BALLET”.

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