Miami City Ballet Reminds Us "Why We Dance"
I know we’re only a few days into the new year, with its promise of renewal and a fresh start and yahda yahda yadha. But after the craziness/excitement of Nutcracker and the holidays, odds are decent that you’re actually feeling a little…unmotivated in the studio right now. It’s just weird to go from EVERYTHING IS INSANE I’M ONSTAGE ALL THE TIIIIIIME to the same-old, same-old routine of classes and rehearsals.
Well, the dancers of Miami City Ballet are here to shake you right out of your post-holiday slump. In “Why We Dance,” a beautiful new video by Ezra Hurwitz, artists from every rank of the company talk about what drives them to pursue this nutty, wonderful art. As one of them so perfectly puts it, the question “is not necessarily, ‘Why do I dance?’ It’s more, ‘Why can’t I stop dancing?’ ”
There are dozens of gems like that in the three-and-a-half–minute short, set against footage of Miami City Ballet artists in class, backstage and in performance. (You’ll catch several glimpses of “Strictly Ballet” season 2 star Mayumi Enokibara, who’s now a full company member.) It’s intimate and warm and—because we know exactly what the dancers are talking about—very real. If you’re a big ol’ softy like me, it might even make you tear up a little bit.
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