Our exclusive interview with Santa Clause continues….
MoveScape Center (MSC): It must take a lot of effort to deliver all those gifts on Christmas Eve.
Santa(S): No kidding – I prepare all year long, by drawing on the effort ideas of Rudolf Laban.
MSC: Tell us more!
S: I’ve been very aware of my public image ever since the poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” went viral. There is lots of action in the poem. So I take some of the verbs – nestle, spring, throw, dash, prance, fling, shake, twist, jerk, turn, bound – and arrange them in a short sequence.
MSC: And then?
S: And then I create an effort pattern that I practice. This keeps my effort range alive and helps me embody the image the poet created for me.
MSC: How ingenious – no wonder there is no one else like you, Santa Claus!