Trevor Copp and Jeff Fox: Ballroom dance that breaks gender roles
تروور کاپ، جف فاکس: رقص بالرومی که نقشای جنسیتی را میشکند
Trevor Copp is known for innovative social justice theater that blends physicality, image and narrative. Full bioJeff Fox - Dancer
Jeff Fox is a professional dancer, competitor, choreographer who has won professional titles in American Smooth, Rhythm, Theatre Arts and Showdance. Full bio
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first hit the airwaves,
ballroom dance instructors
رقص بالروم بودیم
اتفاق افتاد،
(قدمروباه)،
geeking out that we had always done
than the competitive rumba
سالسا با رامبای رقابتی فرق داره
«سفر» میکنه،
the public consciousness,
somehow, we were cool --
یه جوری، ما کول بودیم --
would get together for training seminars
جمع میشدیم برای سمینارای آموزشی
to lead all the time.
خودمونو خلاص میکردیم.
for switching lead and follow
رهبر و پیرو درست کردیم
عادلانه بازی کردن
as part of a performance
بخشی از یه برنامه در یه فستیوال کوچیک
on the shoulder.
and director of a playwright center,
مدیر یک مرکز نمایشنامهنویسی،
how political that was?"
collaboration to create a play
our system for switching
تکامل میداد
of being locked into a single role,
میپرداخت.
isn't just a system of dancing;
فقط یه سیستم رقص نیست؛
consistent, though:
it's all the same --
همه یکسانند --
و چه طور زن.
you don't throw it out,
اونو نباید بیرون انداخت،
that this is the past.
این گذشته است.
respect it, revive it -- great!
بهش احترام بگذار، زندهش کن -- خوبه!
of partner dancing
the other one follows.
regardless of who's playing which role.
کدوم نقشو بازی میکنه یکسان کار میکنه.
give a crap about your gender.
که جنسیت شما چیه.
more representative
don't just watch what's there.
فقط نگاه نکنید چی اون جاست.
only a man or a woman.
couples just disappear.
به سادگی ناپدید میشوند.
ballroom competitions,
recognized on the floor,
"professional Latin dancer,"
of white, straight Russian couples
صفحه بعد صفحه از زوجای سفید روسی دگرجنسگراست
there are no Asians,
just disappeared.
ناپدید میشن.
couple-only paradigm --
would never stand for this.
هرگز آن رو تحمل نمیکنیم.
زن واکنش میدهد. (واکنش در برابر کنش)
straight or anything --
or functional looks like that,
این شکلی نیست،
you slap some makeup on it,
روش آرایش میزنین،
as movement, not as text,
به جای کلام حرکتش میکنین،
و دست میزنیم.
from partner dancing.
ناپدید شدهاند قابلقبول نیس.
two men dancing together.
ballroom circuit can attest
همجنس میتوانند شهادت دهند که
can be dynamic and strong and exciting,
دینامیک، قوی و هیجانآور باشد،
closed ballroom hold ...
کلاسیک بالروم نگه داریم ...
must be larger and masculine
رهبر باید بزرگتر و مردتر باشد
from a totally different angle.
به این نگاه کردیم.
the idea of lead and follow
رهبری و پیروی رو نگه داریم
was connected to gender?
could lead and follow each other
همدیگه رو رهبری و پیروی کنن
just like we do in life?
مثل زندگی عادی؟
called the cross-body lead.
به اسم رهبری کراسبادی.
to break up the improvisation.
if you're not used to looking for it,
متوجهش شدن سخته.
to this transitional step,
روی این قدم انتقالی اعمال کنیم،
to take over the lead,
to surrender it,
a counter-cross-body lead.
قدم رهبری متقابل میکنه.
when we danced it in the opening dance.
the dance moves from being a dictation
رقص از یک دیکتهکردن تبدیل میشه به
هرکسی میتونه پیروی کنه.
you can change your mind.
میتونین نظرتونو تغییر بدین.
of how this applies,
anything can happen.
هرچیزی میتونه اتفاق بیفته.
could apply to a classic waltz.
چه تاثیری روی والتز کلاسیک داره.
the dance itself more efficient.
traveling backwards,
where they're going.
مستقیم میاد به سمتتون.
of accidents out there
of this blind spot.
were to just allow for
but allowed this switch to happen,
ولی اجازه این تغییر رو بده،
offering new aesthetics into the waltz.
رو نیز به والتز وارد میکنه.
about your gender.
تره هم خورد نمیکنه.
in clubs, convention centers
the play we created with Lisa,
«رقص اول» (که با لیزا درست کردیم)،
اجرا کردهایم.
of seeing two men dancing together,
رقصیدن دو مرد با هم،
Lisa see our initial demonstration
لیزا اون اجرای اول ما رو
switching lead and follow;
رهبر و پیرو رو عوض میکنیم؛
in our presence, our personality
of which role we were playing.
بیتوجه به نقشی که بازی میکنیم.
by whichever role you're playing,
با هر نقشی که ما داریم بازی میکنیم،
true to yourself.
to look like, or a follow.
یا یک پیرو.
off the dance floor as well,
the perfect opportunity
reinvigorate an old relic,
یک عتیقه رو احیا کنیم،
of our era and our current way of being.
و روش زندگی فعلیمون کنیم.
all the time with women and men
با مردان و زنان انجام میدیم
that this is a historic form
این یه فرم تاریخیست
and produce invisibility
that we enjoy today.
ما امروزه از آن بهرهمندیم.
all the ideas that don't belong to us
که به ما تعلق ندارن
to what it really always was:
آن چه واقن از اول بود:
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Trevor Copp - Artistic directorTrevor Copp is known for innovative social justice theater that blends physicality, image and narrative.
Why you should listen
Trevor Copp was a full-time ballroom dance instructor and regional Fred Astaire's Canada American Style Latin/Ballroom Champion. He retired from teaching to pursue his love of theater and now runs Tottering Biped Theatre, a professional theater company emphasizing social justice and highly physical work in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Copp has performed in over 30 international cities and theater festivals. The salsa scene keeps him dancing, however. Locally, he coaches the World Salsa Champions, and internationally he's an avid salsa tourist, having danced it in 13 countries so far.
Copp and Jeff Fox met as colleagues during their shared tenure with Fred Astaire's Canada and remained friends after Copp retired from teaching. They would dance at social occasions where they developed their "playing fair" method of sharing the lead, which caught the eye of local dramaturge, Lisa O’Connell. Thus began the theatrical collaboration which led to the creation of a full-length Ballroom Dance/Theatre production, "First Dance," about the development of the first dance for a same sex wedding. Through building the show they formalized their "Liquid Lead" concept and continue to tour the piece at regional professional theaters, festivals and even as part of an international dance festival in Tirana, Albania. In 2015 Alida Esmail, a former student of Copp's, championed the TEDx Montreal proposal and graciously volunteered to help the Fox and Copp demonstrate their work on the TEDx stage.
Trevor Copp | Speaker | TED.com
Jeff Fox - Dancer
Jeff Fox is a professional dancer, competitor, choreographer who has won professional titles in American Smooth, Rhythm, Theatre Arts and Showdance.
Why you should listen
After graduating with an honors degree in psychology, Jeff Fox entered the world of dance in the fall of 2000 almost by accident, investigating an ad out of curiosity, and he hasn't looked back. Working as a full-time instructor, choreographer and competitor, Fox has taught hundreds of students and won professional titles in American Smooth, Rhythm, Theatre Arts and Showdance. In addition to his ballroom work, Fox is a double black belt martial artist and creates lyrical contemporary work focusing on the universal experiences we all share, which has been featured in festivals across southern Ontario, Canada.
Fox and Trevor Copp met as colleagues during their shared tenure with Fred Astaire's Canada and remained friends after Copp retired from teaching. They would dance at social occasions where they developed their "playing fair" method of sharing the lead, which caught the eye of local dramaturge, Lisa O’Connell. Thus began the theatrical collaboration which led to the creation of a full-length Ballroom Dance/Theatre production, "First Dance," about the development of the first dance for a same sex wedding. Through building the show they formalized their "Liquid Lead" concept and continue to tour the piece at regional professional theaters, festivals and even as part of an international dance festival in Tirana, Albania. In 2015 Alida Esmail, a former student of Copp's, championed the TEDx Montreal proposal and graciously volunteered to help the Fox and Copp demonstrate their work on the TEDx stage.
Jeff Fox | Speaker | TED.com