Ever since I first saw
Riverdance
the fact hasn’t been lost on me that there is something subtly erotic about
young women performing Irish dance routines. Over the past few nights I’ve been
watching some performances – both traditional and modern – by the Culkin School
of Traditional Irish Dance based in Maryland, USA, and another
interesting fact has occurred to me: erotic isn’t the same thing as sexy.
While the erotic clearly has a connection with sex, it seems
to exist on a more rarefied level which sets it apart from the physical act. And
that makes me think that perception of the erotic resides in a different part
of the brain from perception of the merely libidinous.
I’m sure artists have known this for centuries. It just
takes me a long time to catch up.
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