maintaining frame and shape

[elisedance]

I don't think its a good idea to get too wedded to a 'connection'  or maybe what I really mean is that you should be able to switch between different connections - chest, left hand, right hand virtual.  They are all connections and should be interrelational.

[QPO]

of course it should always breath, but I find if V maintains upper body consistency in arm height etc, things go really well and connection stays without having to be welded

[Dora-Satya Veda]

Tensegrity.

cool
(before I look it up) is it a new or a previously owned word?

 Very much a previously owned word. R. Buckminster Fuller. This bridge in Brisbane is v. cool: but this coffee table image may be more dance-friendly: You can see how minimalist, carefully structured, balanced and connected tension and freedom work together to hold up something seemingly invisible and weightless that's actually quite a bit of mass. Doing more with less, beautifully.

Kinda like dancing standard, ain't it?

Great post. It needs to be repeated.

DSV

[Dora-Satya Veda]

What I've learned the hard way is that our bodies and brains are not hard wired to work from a lower potential (physical) to a higher potential (mental).  Our bodies are designed to use thought to create action.  

 .....work ONLY from a higher potential to a lower potential......

Great stuff, SG!!!

This information is what creates great dancers or any successful person.

DSV