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Friday, April 18, 2003

 
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how interesting! :D "curious fish" was like watching a blend of akira and bill viola. i don't know if i could live on a steady diet of butoh, but i really enjoyed what i saw. and it was free because i said i was staff & terrilynn spent a while looking for her old student id before they let her in for free, too. but i wouldn't have felt bad paying the $10 at all.

spirited fishes: fascinating. in fact, when the doors to the theatre were opened, the dancers were already in place lying on the floor. then it was like the initial notes of xtc's "river of orchids" as the bodies flopped and slapped and popped against the stage.

whisper of jelly fishes: it kept reminding me of the creepy scene in akira with the dolls & giant teddy bears.

tiger fish hunting: spit bubbles! sticks as spears.

time machine: a single-person piece where i decided i much prefered butoh in groups. but the end with the lighting & sound was well done.

somewhere over the rainbow: inspired. i laughed most of the time. for the prior part of the show the cast had been dressed in all-white and powdered. for this, the cast came out in black, stood in a line, and grinned maniacally to the lyrics of "somewhere over the rainbow." as the song progressed, their expressions changed to grimaces of anger then sadness. the emotions were such parodies: so large as to be menacing.

in general, i was delighted by the inventiveness of the show. it was full of surprises and irony, both things i appreciate. katsura kan, the choreographer, wrote in the program notes: "I do not think you are able to see story or meaning cause I do not know exactly what's happen. So you'd better to feel like a music concert. I believe you never know what it is however you never feel boring. I just suggest you that I always looking for the non human movement because I still doubt I am human. I always try to show the UFO on the stage something can't identify therefor could you kindly send me the e-mail to what you did see? Please feel free and enjoy our performance, if you found out the very personal comments from your sub consciousness it might be what I want."

i typed that word for tortured word, i swear. :)

afterwards, laura invited me to the cast party. but i'm not always good with cast parties even for casts i actually perform with, so i bowed out. when i dropped terrilynn back home she showed me what she had been painting today. she also gave me a piece of gorey wrapping paper! whee! she said she found it in boston and wasn't sure if i already had it. hee. like i'd care. but better yet, terrilynn remembered the piece of painted paper we worked on together at risa's workshop! when we did the piece in the workshop we had agreed to use it in a further collaborative piece. we're going to make a "chain lettter" after i move which will link about 42 little 2x2 squares of the paper together.

(which reminds me, i'll be in a show in june called "outside the box." pat miller donated about 30 cigar boxes to be used however we wish. the artist's reception (lunch & discussion) will be june 7, the weekend before i move. i don't know what i want to do yet. something about the box says "stage" to me, but how do i keep it from becoming a 7th-grade diorama?)

on the way home i stopped by the park at the top of the hill because the moon was huge and beautiful. i flew on the swings with the whole sky softly glowing. i suddenly realized i only have two more full moons to see here before i move to portland. for some reason, moving doesn't phase me -- but thinking about actually living in portland for the rest of my life gives me a little chill. the other night i told michael if i get nostalgic about this place he has to slap me.