Second, like our intuition, the ability to call up relevant information with similar apparent
effortlessness, belies the complexity of the internet.
(Lane's apparent
effortlessness in the part must head the list of reasons why his shoes have proven so difficult to fill.)
The idiosyncratic Sash seductively draws you into his aural world with well-mannered aplomb, twitching his sounds with an
effortlessness which prompts silly grins all round.
Each time it's the same tease (just enough complexity for the simplicity to emerge as an unexpected gift, just enough simplicity for the force of the effect to strike the viewer as utterly unaccountable), the same apparent
effortlessness. Each time the shape heralds its absolute singularity.
In matters of technical control, she offered inspired
effortlessness. All this was wedded to the codes of the Balanchine aesthetic: athleticism, speed, musicality.
Surely, there's an
effortlessness to Anderson's smoky, bluesy voice when she sings with Whalebone Farmhouse - which plays its final concert Wednesday at Vincent's - a self-evident joy and sense of soul that belies rather a lot of technical skill - the sort of skill that makes these sorts of blues songs sound easy.
Coolness, like style, grace and elegance - they all fall under the same umbrella of
effortlessness - cannot be bought.
The band play what must be difficult music to learn with a seeming
effortlessness. Fascinating and compelling acoustic jazz that really does sound like nothing else.
That is, until he assures me he's gone for "cultivated
effortlessness" and this look is equally snappy.
Combining d Bing Crosby-like
effortlessness with a dramatic sense of phrasing and a light jazz touch, he brings renewed interest to such familiar classics as "Star Dust," "Here's to Life" and the perennial "Pennies from Heaven."
In many of her roles, Cochran specializes in an airy lightness, a deftness that allows her to move with incredible swiftness through many changes of direction, all with such seeming
effortlessness that it looks as natural as breathing.
If you're fixing for duck, however, the quantity and the
effortlessness of this version - with neither bones nor grease to grapple with - might make it worth a try.
There's an apparent
effortlessness to all this which you know cannot really be the case but it's beguiling nonetheless.
The ``beauty'' of the show is the
effortlessness with which the group blur the boundaries between performer and spectator, between provocation and discussion, between art and life, to create an encounter that is casual and yet rich with ideas.
But he glides around the field with the
effortlessness of a lightweight, and those huge paddles at the end of his legs are surprisingly deft and dainty.
