Comments on: “Home Movies”: the power of stories http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2006/01/21/home-movies-the-power-of-stories/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: dev waring http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2006/01/21/home-movies-the-power-of-stories/#comment-133 dev waring Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:46:15 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/?p=56#comment-133 lets not forget the american racism in the media where almost all shows are dominated by whites, like tv series main roles. lets not forget the american racism in the media where almost all shows are dominated by whites, like tv series main roles.

]]> By: Lightsey http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2006/01/21/home-movies-the-power-of-stories/#comment-132 Lightsey Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:05:48 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/?p=56#comment-132 I'm glad the show was so uplifting for you. We've heard this message a lot of times before (and thus shows like this can seem trite) and yet it never seems to get through our thick skulls. I felt this idea of unity and yet I felt separation. I couldn't help comparing Rachel Jungels's story to Sokeo Ros's and wondering if the traumas are merely quantitatively or also qualitatively different. Or take Ros's parents' stories: how does a life of survival relate to a life of artistic self-fulfillment? I don't want to take my position at the top of the food chain (I mean it: we Americans are eating people, if you look at it in a certain way) for granted. I want to know what it means. I’m glad the show was so uplifting for you. We’ve heard this message a lot of times before (and thus shows like this can seem trite) and yet it never seems to get through our thick skulls.

I felt this idea of unity and yet I felt separation. I couldn’t help comparing Rachel Jungels’s story to Sokeo Ros’s and wondering if the traumas are merely quantitatively or also qualitatively different. Or take Ros’s parents’ stories: how does a life of survival relate to a life of artistic self-fulfillment?

I don’t want to take my position at the top of the food chain (I mean it: we Americans are eating people, if you look at it in a certain way) for granted. I want to know what it means.

]]> By: Sue Frenzel http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2006/01/21/home-movies-the-power-of-stories/#comment-131 Sue Frenzel Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:06:13 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/?p=56#comment-131 With "Home Movies" Everett Dance Theatre has tapped into the spirit of the age. This presentation is extremely timely; it presents The Oneness of Mankind, the Family of Man, the Unity of the Human Race. By the end of the presentation, I felt like I knew them and their families, like each one was part of my family. And they are. It was a little long because it's very absorbing; they could cut out 15 mn; where I don't know, and that would leave people hungry for more. The interspersion of film was very nice in how it was done and what it displayed. At the end of the last century I participated in a conference call that linked peace conferences in 6 continents visually and audibly in real time, and it dissolved me into tears. I watched the New Year's 2000 tv coverage on Public TV as we swept around the world as the century changed on each continent and was transfixed. Now is the time World Peace finally can and will be accomplished, and Everett was reminding us that we're all related. I have a Panamanian indian/black/hispanic friend who has talked me into leaving my (Scandahoovian)family pictures (and she's left hers) out at the Baha'i Center where all our friends can see them. Her theory is that our friends will connect with each of us on a deeper level if they see where we came from. That's what "Home Movies" is doing. I wanted to be a choreographer back when I was so much younger, when I studied Ballet at the University of Utah-Salt Lake City, and wanted to have an international, interracial dance company. Everett Dance Theatre is very satisfying to me. It was money and time well-spent on a Saturday night. In all of mankind's history, the time has never been when we could establish world peace until now, and what better place to demonstrate the establishment of interracial, international harmony than the U.S.? The idea is not too simple. The idea is very profound, and it's the animating principle around which everything on earth is revolving at this time. It's the spirit of the age. I believe in the Oneness of Mankind and my American sensibilities were slightly offended when I saw Dorothy and Bravell and Sokeo intertwined so closely at first - surprised me mightily - and I went, "Aha, racist!" at myself. We Americans are immersed in racism; it's as close as our heartbeat, and won't be separated from us without ongoing conscious effort. By the end of the piece, my heart was changed, but only temporarily I'm sure. I love all of these guys. With “Home Movies” Everett Dance Theatre has tapped into the spirit of the age. This presentation is extremely timely; it presents The Oneness of Mankind, the Family of Man, the Unity of the Human Race. By the end of the presentation, I felt like I knew them and their families, like each one was part of my family. And they are.

It was a little long because it’s very absorbing; they could cut out 15 mn; where I don’t know, and that would leave people hungry for more. The interspersion of film was very nice in how it was done and what it displayed.

At the end of the last century I participated in a conference call that linked peace conferences in 6 continents visually and audibly in real time, and it dissolved me into tears. I watched the New Year’s 2000 tv coverage on Public TV as we swept around the world as the century changed on each continent and was transfixed. Now is the time World Peace finally can and will be accomplished, and Everett was reminding us that we’re all related.

I have a Panamanian indian/black/hispanic friend who has talked me into leaving my (Scandahoovian)family pictures (and she’s left hers) out at the Baha’i Center where all our friends can see them. Her theory is that our friends will connect with each of us on a deeper level if they see where we came from. That’s what “Home Movies” is doing.

I wanted to be a choreographer back when I was so much younger, when I studied Ballet at the University of Utah-Salt Lake City, and wanted to have an international, interracial dance company. Everett Dance Theatre is very satisfying to me. It was money and time well-spent on a Saturday night.

In all of mankind’s history, the time has never been when we could establish world peace until now, and what better place to demonstrate the establishment of interracial, international harmony than the U.S.? The idea is not too simple. The idea is very profound, and it’s the animating principle around which everything on earth is revolving at this time. It’s the spirit of the age. I believe in the Oneness of Mankind and my American sensibilities were slightly offended when I saw Dorothy and Bravell and Sokeo intertwined so closely at first - surprised me mightily - and I went, “Aha, racist!” at myself. We Americans are immersed in racism; it’s as close as our heartbeat, and won’t be separated from us without ongoing conscious effort. By the end of the piece, my heart was changed, but only temporarily I’m sure.

I love all of these guys.

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