Tracy Wooton: Pure (FULL WGI DOCUMENTARY)
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2018
- Follow one of WGI's most inspirational educators and show designers, Tracy Wooton, as he begins his new journey with his latest Independent World Class color guard Invictus.
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Dante's Inferno - all-time classic!
Tracy Wooton is a guy I knew when Color Guard was so young! He was great back than but has made this lifestyle his career and will surpass anyone with his vision! You can learn a lot from this man! Listen to him since his motives are to make you the best you can be! He is the Obi-wan of Color Guard in my opinion.
oof i got ready to perform and anxious just listening to that pep talk
I would love to have a rehearsal with him, he seems like such a great coach.
Instablaster.
Hoss is King!!!!
This is truly inspiring
I want to be better so much and even if I suck at dancing ill practice my ass off until I can do better.
Very Nice 👏👏👏
I loved watching this. But I feel I have to point out that Bishop Kearney Scholastic World did a show about Jackson Pollok. They used “paint” all different colors and being dropped, poured and thrown all over their floor.
Part of the design of the show should be to entertain the audience. There is a huge lack of fun, entertaining, upbeat shows in WGI these days.
Can you imagine a documentary about a play or a symphony or a film set or TV show where they talk exclusively about the technical aspects, or making sure the performance is the same as the run through, without discussing the thematic content of the show? Without discussing the offering itself and its raison d'etre? Color guard is completely lagging professional arts organizations like film, television, concerts, symphonies, and even amateur arts like underground theater in the areas of meaning and substance. What's your show about?
Arts are about meaning. In the world of dedicated performing arts, it all starts with the artist's statement. A universal, unique observation about the world. Shostakovich's Tenth was about Stalin's brutality. Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape is a masterpiece about looking back on life. Two and a Half Men is about American playboys and their quest for meaning in their tawdry relationships. That's the core of the arts. The desperate need to communicate through a narrative a high stakes, emotional thematic argument about the world we live in or imagine. But none of that substance is even mentioned in this documentary, or virtually anywhere in WGI publications or commentary. In color guard, the technical aspects consume everything. The water. The throws. The chasses. The catches. The camaraderie, the esprit de corps, and the personal development somehow become the sole focus of every show, and any artistic statement or social commentary about hell or statues coming to life, if there even was one to begin with, is not even worth mentioning. And in the real world, in the world of arts with substance, that's unconscionable and frankly, illegitimate.
Look at the comments underneath this video by youngsters who talk about their desire to achieve, technically. "I want to be a better guard performer." That's great honey, but what do you want to say about the world?
Maybe you can understand color guard better if you compare it to ballet.
Ballet is a highly technical and competitive artform performed by both groups and individuals. People dedicate their lives from a very young age to ballet, and there are even schools dedicated to it. Color guard is also a technical artform performed individually and in huge groups, with the extra caveat of synchronicity across a football field or echoey gymnasium(the size of the stage affects sound and timing). Color guard performers' ages range from maybe 12 to 21, with a few people sticking around to teach.
Ballet is considered high class, and people spend massive amounts of money to ensure that the vision of the choreographer comes out right (props, equipment, costumes, etc). Ballet employs many people, including choreographers, physical trainers, costume designers, shoe makers, make up suppliers, and probably more. Color guard is usually funded by an under funded school system, and receives a lot of its money from members; having to pay in hundreds of dollars deters many from color guard, especially since you can not make money from it unless you are a teacher or clinician.
Color guard teachers understand that their performers are most likely only going to experience flag for a short while, and that artistic content may not be at the fore front of their minds; these students are still trying to find themselves as people and figure out what they're going to do with their lives. Adding on the crushing weight of possible failure would deter many potential performers, who are known for having a lack of self esteem and self confidence in the younger years. Ballet actually starts the same way: teach them the basics and build confidence because these kids are still figuring themselves out. HOWEVER, both late stage/advanced color guard and ballet become more focused on artistic message MIXED with technicality because now the performers are secure and dedicated. It stops being about building confidence and making a good experience, and starts being about getting better visually and technically.
In short, high school color guard is lagging in the professional arts because its NOT one. Take a look at DCI or advanced winter guards if you want more professional or artistic style.
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Ballets have meaning. Invictus 2018 had none. Producing behind the scenes videos about how "hard" they're working, and the esprit de corps, and how they rehearse "full out" is not the thematic content of their show.
Here are some famous ballets:
Swan Lake- Only in love can we break the curse of our fate.
Romeo & Juliet - Love consumes us, for better and for worse.
La Bayadère - Despite all the machinations of lovers, the Gods make sure true love conquers all.
Giselle - Deceiving one's lover in order to satisfy the body has consequences for one's soul.
Invictus 2018 - We're the first to work with water. It's really hard. We rehearse full out, just like a performance.
This isn't gymnastics. This isn't cheerleading. Color guard shows have meaning. It can be abstract, subconsciously derived, layered, and subtle, but there must be a specific, identifiable, speakable agreed upon thematic meaning by the designers and performers. If you respond with the sophomoric "It means something different to everyone", you'll end up in jail for 4013c fraud. Professionally designed shows have a specific, identifiable observation about the world as we know it or imagine it. The observation must be universal, unique, cohesive, authentic and emotional, and agreed upon in essence by designers and cast.
@@jesuspectre9883 lol you’re such a hater. Get a life why are you writing essays in RUclips comment sections
@@mariapa2002 Someone walks up to you and asks you why you're performing this piece, what the deeper meaning is, and you respond "you're such a hater."