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got back from the sankai juku thing. it was beautiful. visually stunning. it's amazing how the sets can change the stage itself. the last time i went to a show in the ctd, it was the kinsey sicks, and the stage looked tiny....really crowded and small...and there were only four people on stage. tonight, they had a total of seven dancers, and the stage looked humongous. just vast expanses of empty space. very stark, sterile yet earthy, disconcerting yet mesmerizing...
but honestly, in terms of the dancing itself....i don't think i'm quite cut out for modern dance. the movements were very subtle, and there were times when they literally looked like they were gliding (even though they were, in fact, running) but i found myself getting restless during the show. while it was pretty amazing that they could move without seeming to, the subtlety also meant that they were, in one word, slow. very slow. and call me ADHD-Girl. i don't care. but i felt the urge to fidget like crazy. i really wish i could be one of those people that completely enjoy those things. the bare and minimalist. but i guess i'm not mature/refined enough. whatever. i enjoy what i can. but overall...i DID like it a lot. i hope i dream about it tonight.
(but there were some really creepy parts about it, too. they're completely covered from head to toe in this really white powder....so they look completely white, including their faces. and there were times when they would open their mouths, and the insides of their mouths looked so red in contrast to their white faces...that it almost looked like their mouths were filled with blood, and you're left thinking...how is the blood not flowing out?)
unlike anything i've ever seen.
what else is new in my life? my rekindled obsession with world war ii. i LOVE world war ii. i mean, obviously, reading about it, studying it, watching movies about it. HAS ANYONE WATCHED "DER UNTERGANG" (the downfall)? it is quite possibly the most depressing movie ever....maybe even more than schindler's list. i know. you're thinking, HUH?! but it's true. you know something's wrong when you're not even happy that the nazis are dying. anyway, i have "stalingrad" on the way from netflix...and i just ordered a book on world war ii from amazon a few days ago. it almost seems like wwii never happened. sometimes, i think, how could something like that have happened? but it did. and.....i don't know. the whole era just fascinates me. the nazis, the holocaust, the japanese, fascists, the rape of nanking...etc. it has this almost-mythical, epic aura about it.
but honestly, in terms of the dancing itself....i don't think i'm quite cut out for modern dance. the movements were very subtle, and there were times when they literally looked like they were gliding (even though they were, in fact, running) but i found myself getting restless during the show. while it was pretty amazing that they could move without seeming to, the subtlety also meant that they were, in one word, slow. very slow. and call me ADHD-Girl. i don't care. but i felt the urge to fidget like crazy. i really wish i could be one of those people that completely enjoy those things. the bare and minimalist. but i guess i'm not mature/refined enough. whatever. i enjoy what i can. but overall...i DID like it a lot. i hope i dream about it tonight.
(but there were some really creepy parts about it, too. they're completely covered from head to toe in this really white powder....so they look completely white, including their faces. and there were times when they would open their mouths, and the insides of their mouths looked so red in contrast to their white faces...that it almost looked like their mouths were filled with blood, and you're left thinking...how is the blood not flowing out?)
unlike anything i've ever seen.
what else is new in my life? my rekindled obsession with world war ii. i LOVE world war ii. i mean, obviously, reading about it, studying it, watching movies about it. HAS ANYONE WATCHED "DER UNTERGANG" (the downfall)? it is quite possibly the most depressing movie ever....maybe even more than schindler's list. i know. you're thinking, HUH?! but it's true. you know something's wrong when you're not even happy that the nazis are dying. anyway, i have "stalingrad" on the way from netflix...and i just ordered a book on world war ii from amazon a few days ago. it almost seems like wwii never happened. sometimes, i think, how could something like that have happened? but it did. and.....i don't know. the whole era just fascinates me. the nazis, the holocaust, the japanese, fascists, the rape of nanking...etc. it has this almost-mythical, epic aura about it.