{"id":15972,"date":"2023-09-07T22:57:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T02:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=15972"},"modified":"2023-09-07T22:57:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T02:57:56","slug":"the-thrill-of-watching-a-film-that-isnt-online-anywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2023\/09\/07\/the-thrill-of-watching-a-film-that-isnt-online-anywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thrill of Watching a Film That Isn\u2019t Online Anywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;When I was growing up in California, my mother would often describe a film that it was impossible for me to see: the great Carmen de Lavallade dancing to Odetta, dressed all in white like a priestess. She\u2019d seen the footage a long time ago \u2014 1974? \u2014 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts by Lincoln Center in Manhattan, where she was researching the history of modern dance in America. De Lavallade was one of the first Black dancers to enjoy a long career in the theaters of high culture. But it wasn\u2019t her reputation that secured her place in my mother\u2019s memory; it was the spiritual elegance of her gestures. \u201cShe was attempting to embrace everything,\u201d my mother told me. Even though we couldn\u2019t watch the film together, she could share it in words \u2014 how de Lavallade seemed to gather, in her arms, everything lovely and lost.\u00a0<em>He\u2019s got the whole world in his hands,<\/em>\u00a0Odetta sang, and de Lavallade\u2019s dance made us both believe it \u2014 that we wouldn\u2019t be dropped. Her grace was powerful enough to pierce me across the distance and the decades, to make me feel what I had never seen.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Valle, C. D. (2023, August 23). <em>The thrill of watching a film that isn\u2019t online anywhere<\/em>. The New York Times. https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/23\/magazine\/carmen-de-lavallade-film.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Analysis:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This article introduces a heartbreaking reality that many beautiful works of artistry and mastery are being lost. Much of the content that we consume in our modern era comes from various streaming platforms. The author describes how dance is often lost and forgotten because it doesn&#8217;t necessarily fit a narrative form. We are able to preserve some things with the help of amateur videography and YouTube. It makes me wonder what else are we forgetting. Its a scary thought because how do you know to remember something if it has already been forgotten. I think this has helped emphasize the importance of extending the reach of smaller historical parks like the one in Dayton. What the Wright Brothers and other early aviators did changed the face of human history forever and it should not be so easily forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When I was growing up in California, my mother would often describe a film that it was impossible for me to see: the great Carmen de Lavallade dancing to Odetta, dressed all in white like a priestess. 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