Paul Langland - "Improvisatory Virtuosic Moments"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

Yoga, Health & Fitness, Yogateacher, Alternative Health, Yogaindustry, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Paul Langland, choreographer, dancer, and teacher who for the last 46 years has been an innovator in dance and performance, talks about his work exploring human experience and creative expression. They discuss J's time studying with Paul at the Experimental Theater Wing in the 90's, the origins of contact improvisation and the listening skills it requires, how Paul came to work with Meredith Monk and Ping Chong, Mary Overly first and six viewpoints, Alan Wayne technique, and finding virtuosity in performance and life.

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0:00.0	Okay, you did it.
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0:16.8	This is Jay Brown Yoga Talks podcast.
0:20.3	My name is Jay Brown.
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0:33.4	My neighbor is mowing her lawn.
0:36.6	But she started mowing 30 seconds before I hit record,
0:42.7	and I can't wait till later to do this.
0:46.4	So it's not ideal that there might be the sound of a lawn mower behind me while I'm recording
0:52.5	my intro for the show this week, But what am I going to do?
0:55.8	Sometimes that's the way it goes down.
1:00.6	So we're rolling with it, okay?
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1:04.7	And, I mean, that's basically what I'm doing in all areas, rolling with it because I don't know how you are,
1:13.9	I don't know how you're feeling,
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1:21.2	but the green lights that were going up
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