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May 5, 2008
moving pictures
by gl. at 4:54 pm
in addition to last month being a big poetry month, it was also a big theatre/movie month for us.
we saw sweeney todd on stage and on the small screen, flawed genius, and a weekly movie (or sometimes two). i also saw darkmatter.
but nothing compared to seeing cirque de soleil! i've never seen it before and i was enraptured the whole time. it was like burning man without the dust! though the subject was potentially macabre (a clown imagining his own funeral procession & death), it was transformed into something magical and beautiful. i've often said my favorite genre is "cute & horrible," ala edward gorey. but generally i'm delighted by making ordinary things magical, so dancing on chandeleirs and tumbling on beds is right up my alley, and i liked those scenes better than the more traditional circus acts after intermission. the only thing i regret is not taking toby with us. ;) afterwards while waiting for the traffic to die down we took a pedicab for a short trip down the waterfront, which was also lovely. i even got a chance to wear a dress w/ mismatched stripey socks!
[if you can't wear this to the circus, where can you wear it?]
also, i'm taking an acting "class," for lack of a better word. it's ongoing, so it's not a workshop, and it's not a place where we learn techniques, so it's hard to describe. but it's taken up a significant amount of brain & emotional space the last couple of months.
posted by gl. | May 5, 2008 4:54 PM | comments (9) | categories: exhibits & events
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Adorable!
Posted by: Shelley Noble at May 5, 2008 8:59 PM
thanks, shelley! wish we had gotten a better picture, though. what the heck am i doing with my head?
Posted by: gl. at May 5, 2008 10:18 PM
Great circus outfit!
Posted by: shuju at May 5, 2008 11:05 PM
at least one of those socks was a frankenstein sock we fixed on your serger at the sock mending party, shu-ju!
Posted by: gl. at May 5, 2008 11:15 PM
Honey, you live in Portland - you can wear mis-matchy striped socks anytime you want!!
I'm glad you got to see Cirque du Solei ... I got to see it once in HS and was absolutely transfixed. For my 30th birthday I went down to Vegas and treated myself to Mystere'. The creativity of the performers is amazing.
Posted by: rebel at May 6, 2008 7:46 AM
rebel: hee! it's true! consider it my test trial for wearing mismatched socks more often, then. actually, it was the dress that was a big deal. i wore a DRESS!
Posted by: gl. at May 6, 2008 11:29 AM
We saw Cirque du Soliel on our honeymoon, good stuff... Juli never wears matched socks :) She'll even pair a Halloween sock with a Christmas sock in August, lol...
Posted by: ubatuber at May 6, 2008 1:54 PM
juli's a good woman, uba. :) i'm definitely taking sven to see cirque the next time it's in town!
Posted by: gl. at May 6, 2008 2:44 PM
ooo - it's been a long time since I've seen Sweeney Todd on stage - and I haven't seen the film version yet . . . though we saw the Cirque this time around, too, and I found it very sweet . . . of course, the best part of this post is your polka dot and stripe ensemble! :)
Posted by: bansheegrrll at May 7, 2008 12:35 PM