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LINES Ballet Behind The Scenes: The Music Concourse

Shuaib Elhassan and Michael Montgomery of Alonzo King LINES Ballet practicing T’ai Chi in The Music Concourse in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park

Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park, Shuaib Elhassan, Michael Montgomery, Lines Ballet, San Francisco Dance, site specific, site specific dance, san francisco art, san francisco dance, dance photography, T'ai Chi

Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park, Shuaib Elhassan, Michael Montgomery, Lines Ballet, San Francisco Dance, site specific, site specific dance, san francisco art, san francisco dance, dance photography, T'ai Chi

Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park, Shuaib Elhassan, Michael Montgomery, Lines Ballet, San Francisco Dance, site specific, site specific dance, san francisco art, san francisco dance, dance photography, T'ai Chi

Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park, Shuaib Elhassan, Michael Montgomery, Lines Ballet, San Francisco Dance, site specific, site specific dance, san francisco art, san francisco dance, dance photography, T'ai Chi

Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park, Shuaib Elhassan, Michael Montgomery, Lines Ballet, San Francisco Dance, site specific, site specific dance, san francisco art, san francisco dance, dance photography, T'ai Chi

Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park, Shuaib Elhassan, Michael Montgomery, Lines Ballet, San Francisco Dance, site specific, site specific dance, san francisco art, san francisco dance, dance photography, T'ai Chi

Two hands rise, separating into yīn and yáng
Left and right like a yīn and yáng fish
Movement springs from extreme stillness, opening then closing
Relax the shoulders and sit on the leg as if embracing the moon

Two hands form into yīn and yáng palms
Two palms crossed over for locking joints

Wait for opportunity before moving, watch for changes
Create opportunity by following the opponent’s force

Wu Jianquan, son of Wu Quanyou (from a didactic poem quoted by his son Wu Gongzao in Wu Family T’ai Chi Ch’uan (吳家太極拳)), Hong Kong, 1980 (originally published in Changsha, 1935)

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