Comments on: Slow-Motion Dance

Slow-Motion Dance

Bora Horza Gobuchul — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:11:31 -0800

Ballet dancers of the Staatsballett Berlin at 1000 FPS, to the sound of Radiohead. Also: TimeTwist

Via. YouTube mirror of the original video.

By: tempythethird

tempythethird — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:22:49 -0800

Not available in Germany. Not available in Germany. The irony. It hurts.

By: Philosopher Dirtbike

Philosopher Dirtbike — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:46:10 -0800

What's with the extra beat? That's not the "Everything in its right place" I know.

By: reynir

reynir — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:48:41 -0800

Absolutely beautiful, thank you. The first one, that is. The second video is one of the more disturbing things I have ever seen. Kind of unexpectedly, we've gone from being a family with a son who dances a bit and we think he's quite good but hey we're his parents, what do we know, to being a family with a son who has been headhunted to join a ballet company's academy and is, with luck and hard work, looking at a professional career as a ballet dancer. I'm trying to learn a lot about something that I started off knowing very little about, but I can watch this and forget about the technical aspects and absolutely understand why he loves every moment he is dancing - that grace, and beauty, and control.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:08:49 -0800

That's great! 1000 fps, wow.

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:09:20 -0800

I was expecting to see ballerinas shot from a cannon at 1000 feet per second, so a little disappointed over here.

By: falameufilho

falameufilho — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:30:19 -0800

to the sound of Radiohead Whoa, thanks for the heads up, I almost clicked.

By: codacorolla

codacorolla — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:33:11 -0800

I like that first video. Also, you can find stuff similar to the second link by searching for "slitscan". This one is really good. This one is also good.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:36:45 -0800

Philosopher Dirtbike: What's with the extra beat? That's not the "Everything in its right place" I know. Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (Gigamesh DiscoTech Remix) [full 4:32 track]

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:37:37 -0800

How the hell can two people be so ridiculously synchronized such that their motions mirror at 1000 fps?

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:44:29 -0800

codacorolla: you can find stuff similar to the second link by searching for "slitscan" SlitScan previously, and more weird photography tricks and tweaks from professor Andrew Davidhazy (MeFi self-link).

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:34:16 -0800

Thank you. It's gorgeous, and I can't, of course, help but recall the 1996 Jonathan Glazer-directed video for Street Spirit which performed similar experiments with slow motion and dance.

By: ChuraChura

ChuraChura — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:09:40 -0800

Related: Carla Heiney and Nick Williams perform lindy hop spins and aerials in slow motion for the Discovery Channel.

By: juiceCake

juiceCake — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:27:17 -0800

Whoa, thanks for the heads up, I almost clicked. This is not the Internet of a few years ago. Sound can be muted. Quite easily too.