First, dancers in the Bolshoi don’t fall down......very, very rarely. You also underestimate audiences. If that was your standard as well, then you should see more ballet. The beauty and artistry in a great ballet will touch emotionally at least some in an audience even when they “know” nothing about ballet. I hate to break it to you, but artists are more concerned about what their colleagues think of their performance than what the audience thinks. An artist, by definition, keeps the bar very high. Of course they all have better days than other days, but it is seldom by design.
**** But, I think artists do consider the audience when they play. The appreciation level of the audience. ****
Sure they do....sometimes. Some may not perform certain material that they think might be too adventurous, or controversial, for a particular crowd. However, that has nothing to do with the quality of the performance which was the original contention....that it wasn’t about the music; that somehow they were “dumbing it down” in order to please the audience. Again, that goes to artistic integrity. Some artists like Miles were very uncompromising that way and would play what he wanted to play and the way he wanted to; always.
**** But, I think artists do consider the audience when they play. The appreciation level of the audience. ****
Sure they do....sometimes. Some may not perform certain material that they think might be too adventurous, or controversial, for a particular crowd. However, that has nothing to do with the quality of the performance which was the original contention....that it wasn’t about the music; that somehow they were “dumbing it down” in order to please the audience. Again, that goes to artistic integrity. Some artists like Miles were very uncompromising that way and would play what he wanted to play and the way he wanted to; always.