{"id":4174,"date":"2004-07-02T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-02T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uclm.es\/joseasanchez\/?p=4174"},"modified":"2025-07-27T06:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T06:47:13","slug":"distintion-and-humour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uclm.es\/joseasanchez\/2004\/07\/02\/distintion-and-humour\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinction and humour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humour and distinction are two characteristics we see in the <em>distinguished <\/em>pieces.<em> <\/em>These qualities arise from the La Ribot&#8217;s own manner and nature, by they also refer to avant-garde art of the last century, which has been a constant source of inquiry for there. Distinction refers explicitly to Erik Satie&#8217;s composition, <em>Three Distinguished <\/em>Waltzes of a Jaded Dandy (2014), which she used for her piece <em>Poema infinito <\/em>(n\u00ba 21). Humor is referenced more generally, although we could begin by looking at the theory put forward by Ram\u00f3n G\u00f3mez de la Serna in his article on humorousness: \u00abIt is not so much a question of a literary genre, but rather a life genre, or better still,  an attitude to life\u00bb. If we can speak about humor in relation to the <em>distinguished pieces<\/em>, it os because they have been conceived of and constructed from a vital and creative attitude that rejects being straight, oppressive, fixed and tedious, and prefers instead to be ludic, subtle, free-flowing and ironic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cgac.xunta.gal\/gl\/publicacions\/la-ribot-manual-de-uso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more in the book:<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cgac.xunta.gal\/gl\/publicacions\/la-ribot-manual-de-uso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uclm.es\/joseasanchez\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2004\/07\/2004.-La-Ribot_Manual-de-uso-scaled-e1711463753103.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4122\" style=\"width:328px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uclm.es\/joseasanchez\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2004\/07\/2004.-La-Ribot_Manual-de-uso-scaled-e1711463753103.jpeg 431w, https:\/\/blog.uclm.es\/joseasanchez\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2004\/07\/2004.-La-Ribot_Manual-de-uso-scaled-e1711463753103-214x300.jpeg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>La Ribot. Manual de uso<\/em><\/strong>. Centro Galego de Arte Contempor\u00e1nea, Santiago de Compostela, 2021, pp. 89-101. ISBN: 978-84-453-5379-0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book contains also two more versions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-A distinci\u00f3n e o humor (Galician), pp. 64-76<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uclm.es\/joseasanchez\/2004\/07\/02\/la-distincion-y-el-humor\/\">La distinci\u00f3n y el humor<\/a> (Spanish), pp. 77-88<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally published in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uclm.es\/joseasanchez\/2004\/07\/02\/la-distinction-et-lhumour\/\">Claire Rousier (ed.), La Ribot<\/a><\/strong>, Centre national de la danse, Paris, 2004. Ouvrage collectif. En co\u00e9dition avec Merz\/Luc Derycke, pp. 40-49<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnd.fr\/fr\/products\/270-la-ribot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uclm.es\/joseasanchez\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2025\/07\/2004.-La-Ribot.-Libro.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4116\" style=\"width:279px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uclm.es\/joseasanchez\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2025\/07\/2004.-La-Ribot.-Libro.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/blog.uclm.es\/joseasanchez\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2025\/07\/2004.-La-Ribot.-Libro-194x300.jpeg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humour and distinction are two characteristics we see in the distinguished pieces. 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