DW 153
It's been a long time, really, since I've done any real work on a dance show. Or at least it seems that way. Maybe if I actually could remember all the shows I've worked on in the last three years I'd prove myself wrong. But the memory, you know, it's not what it used to be. 31.
There are two big beautiful chandeliers hanging in the Harbourfront Theatre Centre, with maybe half of their bulbs working, and softly lit by two other lamps in the air. Even though they're hanging from chains, and the chains are metal, they really do look like they're floating. We rented them from the CBC one Saturday morning that involved a lot of waiting and a free vegetable delivery truck. One of them is gigantic.
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Now we're working on the third piece of the program, which at one point involves dropping water balloons - a whole lot of water balloons - on the two performers. The space is really changed: the crew here figured out a way for us to strike some of the curtains on the sides of the stage, and it really opened things up. The space looks entirely different.
The choreographer is from elsewhere - Italy I believe - but I don't think he's Italian.
For some reason today - not connected to anything in the show - I've got pirates on the brain. Like pirates are the funniest thing ever today.
Working on this show is odd. I feel like I'm not doing much. Not in a calling kind of way, anyway. I'm calling the second piece, which is Dead Simple. One CD for sound cues, no big deal in terms of lighting cues. I can't really touch anything or move anything, so I'm just calling. For the first piece, I'm running video on my own, and that's kind of a deal. The video is used very specifically. I need to hit certain marks, hard cues... it's going to be engaging for me, but I don't know about the rest of the evening. Thankfully I like everything, all of the pieces. Everyone working on the show.
Oh yeah and DW 153 is our numerical notation or something.
There are two big beautiful chandeliers hanging in the Harbourfront Theatre Centre, with maybe half of their bulbs working, and softly lit by two other lamps in the air. Even though they're hanging from chains, and the chains are metal, they really do look like they're floating. We rented them from the CBC one Saturday morning that involved a lot of waiting and a free vegetable delivery truck. One of them is gigantic.
* * * * *
Now we're working on the third piece of the program, which at one point involves dropping water balloons - a whole lot of water balloons - on the two performers. The space is really changed: the crew here figured out a way for us to strike some of the curtains on the sides of the stage, and it really opened things up. The space looks entirely different.
The choreographer is from elsewhere - Italy I believe - but I don't think he's Italian.
For some reason today - not connected to anything in the show - I've got pirates on the brain. Like pirates are the funniest thing ever today.
Working on this show is odd. I feel like I'm not doing much. Not in a calling kind of way, anyway. I'm calling the second piece, which is Dead Simple. One CD for sound cues, no big deal in terms of lighting cues. I can't really touch anything or move anything, so I'm just calling. For the first piece, I'm running video on my own, and that's kind of a deal. The video is used very specifically. I need to hit certain marks, hard cues... it's going to be engaging for me, but I don't know about the rest of the evening. Thankfully I like everything, all of the pieces. Everyone working on the show.
Oh yeah and DW 153 is our numerical notation or something.