A Dance
Friday the 14th was a day for a joyous outing for our team. We went to a resort nearby. Had some fun frolic and all. We were some 15o ppl around. There were some games arranged by an event organizer (an outsider).
There was this peculiar special dance show arranged, a small programme. Two people very small in height tied themselves to each other danced and before our eyes. Since we couldn't see the dance clearly we approached the dance floor to watch what was happening. There were two dancers connected to each other did I say. Nah It was just a single person. It was evident as soon as we saw the legs of the 2 people, one pair of it were hands.
This guy has bent himself such a way that he stands on his legs and his hands seem like legs for the other person. The face was masked so that we dont recognize the single person inside it. The program was not much about dance. Obviously we know a person in this pose cannot afford to move his limbs even normally.
The progam was all about the hardwork this guy has put into get that posture. wow should we say, or rather it was bad on us. We were expected to enjoy the pain inflicted on him. For the few pennies we could spend we had before our eyes a guy troubling himself. We were like people who would watch in street corners people getting into fire or beating themselves up.
The guy's pain was expected to entertain us. It was a hard slap in my face that I couldn't react to it. But I feel grateful that none of us discussed of the show after it was over. And today Iam writing about it because I lost my sleep over it. With all this hardwork this guy could have done any other thing in his life. Whatever he has chosen to do was saying aloud that we the society love to see others in pain.
There was this peculiar special dance show arranged, a small programme. Two people very small in height tied themselves to each other danced and before our eyes. Since we couldn't see the dance clearly we approached the dance floor to watch what was happening. There were two dancers connected to each other did I say. Nah It was just a single person. It was evident as soon as we saw the legs of the 2 people, one pair of it were hands.
This guy has bent himself such a way that he stands on his legs and his hands seem like legs for the other person. The face was masked so that we dont recognize the single person inside it. The program was not much about dance. Obviously we know a person in this pose cannot afford to move his limbs even normally.
The progam was all about the hardwork this guy has put into get that posture. wow should we say, or rather it was bad on us. We were expected to enjoy the pain inflicted on him. For the few pennies we could spend we had before our eyes a guy troubling himself. We were like people who would watch in street corners people getting into fire or beating themselves up.
The guy's pain was expected to entertain us. It was a hard slap in my face that I couldn't react to it. But I feel grateful that none of us discussed of the show after it was over. And today Iam writing about it because I lost my sleep over it. With all this hardwork this guy could have done any other thing in his life. Whatever he has chosen to do was saying aloud that we the society love to see others in pain.
posted by Devanathan at 11:39 PM
3 Comments:
Deva,
Is there anything in this world that can be acquired without any pains? Be it dancing or singing or juggling. But still people do these. Do you think money is the only thing that made the person do that?
Do you think a layman wouldn't be bothered about recognition?
The person had decided to entertain people and he tried something new ( though the idea might have been copied from somewhere).
-Anonym
It was worrisome that we are ready to watch it. Dont you think a normal dancer with good steps would get better recognition than this guy with his methods. Working hard is about inflicting pains. But it should not depend on others enjoying our pain.
Deva,
1. When people watch such performances they fail to recognise the pain endured by the performer (usually). Still worse they don't even appreciate it.
2. You can dance or write a poem or blog for yourself and feel very satisfied. But when people read them or see them and appreciate it you will be still more happy (provided the appreciation is correct)
-Anonym
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