I am pleased to re-post my first guest blogger Betsy Baytos. Betsy is an animator, and an expert in dance, specifically the art of eccentric dance. Tonight, August 5, Betsy is presenting The Choreography of Comedy at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. I very much wish I could be there. HERE IS A … Read more
Animators need to watch eccentric dancing. This is dancing that’s intended to make you laugh. It’s the simplest form of physical comedy. To help introduce you to the best funny dancing of the past, I post the best clips I can find. If you click on the tag “dance” to the right, you can see … Read more
It is one of my great pleasures to discover actors who can make me laugh with hardly any words. I have recently found two new delights. Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon met while attending the Jacques Lecoq school of theater and movement in Paris. For several years after that they produced small shows for the … Read more
Some fantastic eccentric dance.
I am a big fan of eccentric dancing. Usually, eccentric dancing requires a high degree of skill. But there are some great examples that are funny because of how bad it is. I am talking here about professionals who dance to get laughs. This is bad dancing, not dancing badly. There are hours of real … Read more