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Apr. 16th, 2009 04:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grammarwomanAs a kid, I loved the short scientific investigation summaries posted in "Reader's Digest" and other such short attention-span magazines. There'd be just enough detail to go "Wow, neat!" without getting bogged down in all the technical language.
I just found a website right up my alley, Not Exactly Rocket Science, full of interesting bits and blurbs.
Let's see...![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wiliqueen, you might enjoy this one: Ballet postures have become more extreme over time. It's a fascinating look at how audience expectations have shaped ballet moves over the last century.
Or two that hit a little closer to home for me: Autistic children are less sensitive to the movements of living things (which links to the lose-some-time body walking simulation tool, Bio Motion Lab) and Playing shoot-em-up video games can improve some aspects of vision, which makes me feel better about how much time the Emperor has been spending playing Lego Star Wars.
Or this one, which makes me want to send it to all the teachers I know: Simple writing exercise helps break vicious cycle that holds back black students.
For all I know, these are the worst of pop reporting, based on sketchy studies and bad science. They are still cool to read.
I just found a website right up my alley, Not Exactly Rocket Science, full of interesting bits and blurbs.
Let's see...
wiliqueen, you might enjoy this one: Ballet postures have become more extreme over time. It's a fascinating look at how audience expectations have shaped ballet moves over the last century.Or two that hit a little closer to home for me: Autistic children are less sensitive to the movements of living things (which links to the lose-some-time body walking simulation tool, Bio Motion Lab) and Playing shoot-em-up video games can improve some aspects of vision, which makes me feel better about how much time the Emperor has been spending playing Lego Star Wars.
Or this one, which makes me want to send it to all the teachers I know: Simple writing exercise helps break vicious cycle that holds back black students.
For all I know, these are the worst of pop reporting, based on sketchy studies and bad science. They are still cool to read.
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ballet postures
Date: 2009-04-18 01:35 am (UTC)I actually think modern ballet postures are a sign of laziness. its a challenge to hold your leg at a precise right angle, instead of 'as high as you can now stay there'. the older way was far more disciplined, the lack of drama WAS the drama. try it...or get someone else to try it. the moves also used to be more...romantic i guess. now they're just so "higher, harder, stonger" that the fluid beauty of it is not as evident. great for Rite of Spring but not so much for Cinderella or Swan Lake. The poetry of control is missing.
but that's just my novice fan interpretation of it. hope i didn't ruin anyone's day.
Re: ballet postures
Date: 2009-04-20 01:00 pm (UTC)Feh. Last I checked, everyone's allowed to voice an opinion. Ruining schmuining.