password for all of them is "cliche"
"Oriental doll" with "loose woman"
"Temple Dancers": The sound was added afterwards. note: video is only 1 1/2 min. The black afterwards is an error.
"Crass" with "Shurpanaka"
Megaphrase
Following Hari's assignment, we also made a megaphrase of the cliches:
password is also "cliche"
I Didn't Say a Word: Anjali created an abhinaya section to a courtesan padam that had been rewritten by Cynthia to tie into Uma's story. Password is "padam"
I Didn't Say a Word 2: We tried the live feed that Carole set up to get the intimacy of Anj's expressions for the audience. Password is "padam"
Also, Cyn started working on her abhinaya study for Hari by doing a couple of Logomotion improvs with the long white cloth while talking about learning from her kathak guru. Password for both: "Calcutta"
Logmotion #1 from Cynthia Ling Lee on Vimeo.
The layering of the cliches "Oriental Doll" and "Loose Woman" are really an interesting juxtaposition. The tightness of the movement in "Oriental Doll" contrasts the out of control looseness very well. I like the humor.
ReplyDeleteI started to wonder what it would be like to alternate just these two in one body:
- either one cliche after the other
- or going back and forth
- another possibility is for one cliche to be the main one, and the other interrupting it....
On a more general note: I really enjoyed the cliche "Loose Woman" - however, I enjoyed it much more after knowing the cliche.
Regarding the Metaphrase: I think the "crass" accents ending a particular rhythm that comes from another phrase works, and brings in glimpses of the "over the top" quality that was there in the cliche studies. I wonder if they can be
ReplyDelete- held longer to increase the tension and not have the flow become predictable
or
- repeated, staccato, but irregular, before a rhythm comes back. Then the stop in such a specific pose could hold more surprise and tension.
Also, I think the "loose" section could build more maybe? Might mean that it takes a bit more time than it does now. The specific ending pose could be emphasized through that, before it goes in the slow section.