You can't dance to it at all. Cage challenged our deepest aesthetic conventions about dance. For instance, my wife and I argue over whether to waltz or cha cha cha to 4'33".
I've never seen this performed, so I'm curious how the piano player who's not playing knows when he/she has reached 4'33". Is there a beeper? An egg timer? Does the audience applaud at precisely the correct moment? What if someone claps at 4'32"? Does this destroy the piece?
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Hardly so sacred a work as would prevent a party from talking over it.
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I didn't know you were a musician, roxtar. I admire your sense of time.
It's got a good beat, and you can dance to it.....
You can't dance to it at all. Cage challenged our deepest aesthetic conventions about dance. For instance, my wife and I argue over whether to waltz or cha cha cha to 4'33".
I've never seen this performed, so I'm curious how the piano player who's not playing knows when he/she has reached 4'33". Is there a beeper? An egg timer? Does the audience applaud at precisely the correct moment? What if someone claps at 4'32"? Does this destroy the piece?
It's a matter of individual artistic interpretation. I like the digital performances best.
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