THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY TAGBOARD BUT I'M JUST TOO LAZY TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT... I DON'T WANNA STARE AT THE COMPUTER TECHNICAL LINGO AND ATTEMPT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
ANYWAY, ITS BEEN ALMOST A MONTH SINCE I HAD BLOGGED. IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY INTO WEEK 6 OF OPTIONS, AND IN TWO WEEKS THERE WILL BE CHINESE O'LEVELS AND I'M REALLY QUITE FREAKED OUT! IT'S SO SCARY! MY PRELIM RESULTS CAME OUT AND I SORTA FELL INTO THE B GRADE. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! AND TO THINK THAT I COULD HAVE JUMPED A GRADE JUST BY AVOIDING LIKE 4 WRONGLY WRITTEN WORDS!
ANYWAY.... I'M JUST REALLY VERY SCARED NOW....
AND ALSO, TARI IS HAVING ANOTHER PERFORMANCE ON THE 21/22ND OCTOBER AT THE ESPLANADE CONCOURSE AT 6-6.30PM... I'M TELLING PEOPLE COS MY TEAM LEADER TOLD ME TO HELP PUBLICISE BUT I TELL YOU, UNLESS YOU ARE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE ARTS (ESPECIALLY SUPER ABSTRACT ARTS), DON'T COME.
BECAUSE ONE OF MY FRIENDS SAID SHE WILL COME TO WATCH BUT YOU KNOW LAR, THE YOUNG GENERATION LOVES TO WATCH MOVING ARTS AND STUNTS, WHERE EVERYTHING EXECUTED LOOKS SO DIFFICULT... AND I HATE THESE KIND OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY WILL ONLY CLAP IF THE STEP IS EXECUTED PERFECTLY. ONE STUMBLE AND THEY WILL LABEL US AS LOUSY OR INEXPERIENCED.....
AND SOME PEOPLE JUST CANNOT LIKE, APPRECIATE SLOW MOVING DANCES, WHERE THE MOVEMENTS ARE NOT CENTRED AROUND TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING CHOREOGRAPHY BUT SIMPLY THE NATURAL BREATHING AND MOVING OF THE HUMAN BODY.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE NEW PIECE, "YIN": RESTRICTED, THAT I'M PERFORMING, IT DOESN'T LOOK DIFFICULT BECAUSE IN THE WHOLE OF 10 MINUTES, WALKING AROUND THE STAGE TAKES ABOUT HALF OR MORE OF THE TIME. SOME PEOPLE WOULD HARDLY CALL IT A DANCE, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S JUST WALKING RIGHT?
BUT NOOOO.... DID YOU KNOW HOW LONG WE HAD TO PRACTISE WALKING LIKE THAT? DO YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE A SIMPLE STEP LIKE WALKING MEAN SOMETHING? THE CHOREOGRAPHER EXPLAINED THAT WE TAKE EVERYDAY MOVEMENTS LIKE WALKING, SITTING AND STANDING ALL FOR GRANTED.
THE BASIS OF HUMAN MOVEMENT IS IN WALKING. WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO WALK, THERE WILL NEVER BE THE ABILITY TO DANCE. THE MORE SIMPLE A STEP SEEMS, THE HARDER IT IS TO EXECUTE AND MAKE IT CONVEY A MEANING.
HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED A DANCE WHERE THERE WAS JUST A CHAIR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STAGE, AND THERE WAS THIS "DANCER" SITTING ON IT STARING INTO THE AUDIENCE? OCCASIONALLY THE DANCER WOULD BURST OUT IN LAUGHTER, REGAIN COMPOSURE AND THEN CHUCKLE AGAIN.
PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPRECIATE IT WOULD WALK OUT IMMEDIATELY OR TURN TO THEIR NEIGHBOURS AND ASK WHAT'S GOING ON? BUT PEOPLE WHO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, WOULD BE WONDERING, "WHAT'S HE/SHE LAUGHING AT?" OR "WHY IS HE/SHE LAUGHING?"
SITTING ON A CHAIR IS A SIMPLE TASK, AND LAUGHING OUT LOUD MAY BE A SIMPLE TASK AS WELL. BUT WHEN FACED WITH A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WE BEGIN TO WONDER, "WHAT DOES THAT SIMPLE LAUGH REALLY MEAN?"
NOW, THAT'S ART.
AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT.
SO.... I'VE DIGRESSED LIKE SO MUCH.... BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS GET THE POINT I'M TRYING TO BRING ACROSS... BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE THINGS LIKE THAT FOR GRANTED, OR FROWN WHEN YOU WATCH PERFORMANCES LIKE THESE...
WELL.. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.... IF YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT, COME ON AND SUPPORT US AT:
VENUE: ESPLANADE THEATRES ON THE BAY, UPPER CONCOURSE LEVEL DATE: 21ST-22ND OCTOBER (SAT AND SUN) TIME: 1800-1830 (BOTH DAYS)
SEE YA THERE!
hold me TIGHT; and NEVER let go*
aboutME.
amethyst1943
08 03
jc
dancer
shooter
myLOVES.
=)
dance
green
chinese
ducks!
the west side of my island
myWISHES.
golden leaf
strong constitution
pleasant disposition
do well for 'A's!
[still thinking]
goldenWORDS.
the greatest thing you'll ever learn
is just to love and be loved in return-
