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Yeats seem to be thinking of individual action vs. action for a group: “...the leaf, the blossom or the bole?” > On Monday, March 23, 2015 11:51 AM, Gary MacLennan > <gary.maclenn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, the videos were available. Extraordinary especially the snake dance > one. I was interested in the presence of the male gaze as well of course in > the dnance. the latter brought to mind these lines from Yeats > > Labour is blossoming or dancing where > The body is not bruised to pleasure soul. > Nor beauty born out of its own despair, > Nor blear-eyed wisdom out of midnight oil. > O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer, > Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole? > O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, > How can we know the dancer from the dance? > > The lines have always been obscure to me, until I once watched a dance > workshop performed by the Bangarra Aboriginal Dance troupe. The dancers were > working with Indigenous adolescent boys and girls and where they succeeded > most you could not tell the dancer from the dance. Perfect art seems > effortless or as you might say born out of grace. > comradely > Gary _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
