Summary Of Ann Cooper Albright's 'Falling'

“Falling” was published in 2013, written by Ann Cooper Albright. Albright is a professor and Chair of Dance at Oberlin College and president of the Society of Dance History Scholars. Combining her interest in movement and cultural theory, Albright is involved in teaching a variety of courses that seek to engage students in practices and theories of the body. Her article “Falling”, exemplifies the essential state of disorientation, as a way of exploring the theoretical implication of being grounded during all the physical and intellectual chaos at the beginning of the twenty-first century. As a graduating senior, my first reaction towards this article is that life is all about falling and experiencing new outcomes. However, throughout my four years here, I have experienced my own falls and have learned to change myself for the better no matter what that fall was. Albright stated that falling could generally be seen as a failure, a defeat, a loss, or a decline. The word falling has many meanings. Occasionally, falling can be a positive thing because one simple decline can allow an individual to better themselves and learn from their mistakes. It can simply teach someone how far they can
Looking at these photos, it was interesting to see how each photograph looked different from one another based on the type of fall it was and the atmosphere they were in. Darzacq stated that catching a body suspended in between the launch and the recovery, he could infuse the potent image of youthful vitality with an air of existential vulnerability. He mentions how to launch himself into space, he envisions the movement as a whole, from the preparation through the recovery. After the click of the camera in the suspension, the rest does not matter. These images can give us an opportunity to think about moments in between the beginning and an ending of a