Dance is a unique art form in that the medium it utilizes is the human body itself. Simply through purposeful and graceful control of movement, dancers can express and evoke joy, sadness, fear, confusion—the whole range of human emotion. And when dancing is done well, it’s utterly mesmerizing. Such is the case with Mariandrea, a …
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14-yr-old's expressive, physics-defying 'Mad World' dance blows away AGT judges and fans
Dance is a unique art form in that the medium it utilizes is the human body itself. Simply through purposeful and graceful control of movement, dancers can express and evoke joy, sadness, fear, confusion—the whole range of human emotion. And when dancing is done well, it’s utterly mesmerizing. Such is the case with Mariandrea, a …
Interesting and Expressive Words That Don’t Exist in English
In this video that’s part of PBS’s Otherwords series, Dr. Erica Brozovsky educates viewers about words that exist in other languages but not in English that convey specific feelings. One good example of this is “schadenfreude”, which means essentially means the pleasure people get from seeing other people be humiliated. Watch the video above …
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