Here's the same dancer competing in a more traditional "language". She is very talented! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpqJnrCDqJeXpWg.html

For some reason I think it’s about Time and a glass of water. Idk I’m just guessing.

It is so French. It seems to combine the art of miming with the art of dance and they both tell a story and are so expressive and the artist really shows her talent!

I thought about the world. Multiple times she attempted to "capture" a ball or a globe.

Such a beautifully accurate way of putting it. Really has me thinking about how despite not being able to understand the string of sounds different cultures use to convey or describe an experience, there are universal physical expressions of emotions that transcend language barriers. A born and raised Ukrainian can easily recognize the contortions of grief upon the face of a Frenchman. An Ethiopian woman needs no translator to understand the elation on the face of a Norwegian woman as she welcomes her first child into the world. Nearly everyone on earth can read the anguish in the eyes of another human being who has just lost basically everything. Especially these days, it’s all too common/convenient to view the world as ‘us vs. them’ or ‘us and the *other*’, while completely overlooking the human experience that connects all of us. Wish the world took a bit more time to speak a little more ‘Human’. Imo, ‘Human’ is the only language that truly matters…

I had just replied to another commenter who compared this piece to listening to a story told in another language; the details aren’t clearly understood, but the emotion comes through perfectly well. Perhaps my favorite part of art (all art forms, really) is the conversation and discussion of perspective it stirs up. The other comment made perfect sense to me. Yours also makes perfect sense to me. It’s endlessly fascinating to me to hear what thoughts, emotions, and perspectives come up for different people when we consume a singular piece of art. Art is designed to make people feel things. The discussion of art essentially creates a huge buffet of emotional responses that we can all sample from. The artist connects to the audience to convey a story, and then the audience connects with each other to discuss how they perceived the story. How freaking cool is that??

You are really intelligent. That was an incredible interpretation. I'm not good at that, so I appreciate your ability to do so!

That’s a beautiful analogy. Very well observed and you couldn't say it more amendable.

So much beauty and love it makes me cry ❤️