Comments on: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s “Wild Cursive” http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:26:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Erica http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild/#comment-143 Erica Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:42:32 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild-cursive/#comment-143 Great post...I love your in depth analysis of "Wild Cursive" Great post…I love your in depth analysis of “Wild Cursive”

]]> By: Votre enfant a des talents d'acteur ? http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild/#comment-142 Votre enfant a des talents d'acteur ? Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:05:13 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild-cursive/#comment-142 Hey... why my last comment isn't there.... Hey… why my last comment isn’t there….

]]> By: Votre enfant des talents d'acteur ? http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild/#comment-141 Votre enfant des talents d'acteur ? Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:03:18 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild-cursive/#comment-141 Not sure I understand what you mean, Zoli Juhasz ;) Not sure I understand what you mean, Zoli Juhasz ;)

]]> By: Agence Casting pour Enfants http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild/#comment-140 Agence Casting pour Enfants Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:16:39 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild-cursive/#comment-140 Really interesting post! Never stop iterating and don't fear failure. Choose well-understood conventions where they will do to the most good , shortcuts you might take will cost you more to fix later than to try to get right up-front today. Thanks , Zoli Juhasz Really interesting post!

Never stop iterating and don’t fear failure. Choose well-understood conventions where they will do to the most good , shortcuts you might take will cost you more to fix later than to try to get right up-front today.

Thanks , Zoli Juhasz

]]> By: Devenir com©dien http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild/#comment-139 Devenir com©dien Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:01:14 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild-cursive/#comment-139 Where can I see this in a show? Where can I see this in a show?

]]> By: Lightsey http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild/#comment-137 Lightsey Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:09:22 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild-cursive/#comment-137 I've heard similar comments from others. I felt that the personal connection was there--more strongly than it would have been if the dance had attempted to reach me, attempted to figure out where I was. I don't always want to be "noticed" by a performance--consulted, guessed at, talked to. I’ve heard similar comments from others. I felt that the personal connection was there–more strongly than it would have been if the dance had attempted to reach me, attempted to figure out where I was. I don’t always want to be “noticed” by a performance–consulted, guessed at, talked to.

]]> By: Noah Bremer http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild/#comment-138 Noah Bremer Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:55:41 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/14/cloud-gate-dance-theatres-wild-cursive/#comment-138 Lightsey, I'm so impressed with your observations from Cloud Gate performance. I have to admit, that for the first 5 - 10 minutes or so, I was completely engaged in the show, and was thinking about the forms of dancers, the lines their bodies carved through the space, the meaning behind the white panels hovering in and out of the air. After that, my mind wandered quite a bit. I thought about how I was sitting in the dark along side a couple hundred others. I wondered what we had in common. I wondered if others were as fidgety as I was. I thought about how amazing the dancers were and how I wished I could move like that. I wondered if I would have time to do my laundry later, if I had completed all my tasks for the day, for the week, for the month, then I began to panic and wonder if I was wasting my time and should have been answering my colleague's emails, calling my mom and dad, or fixing the tail light on my car. But then I felt my legs get uncomfortable in the cramped seat and I was instantly brought back to the show. It was different now. They were in unison, they were water, wind, elements. I've tried to make these images with people in the past. I was less successful. These images were breathtaking, I felt like they really captured something completely unique. My thoughts turned again. To thinking about performance, and how I really want to make and see more clown work. Or at least, work that really connects with me. With it's audience in a more personal way. What would this show be like if there were some sort of tangible story? Despite incredible physical agility, and technique, what was going on? It was like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" without a plot. Beautiful and stunning, but somewhat empty. Did anyone else have a similar experience? Lightsey, I’m so impressed with your observations from Cloud Gate performance. I have to admit, that for the first 5 - 10 minutes or so, I was completely engaged in the show, and was thinking about the forms of dancers, the lines their bodies carved through the space, the meaning behind the white panels hovering in and out of the air. After that, my mind wandered quite a bit. I thought about how I was sitting in the dark along side a couple hundred others. I wondered what we had in common. I wondered if others were as fidgety as I was. I thought about how amazing the dancers were and how I wished I could move like that. I wondered if I would have time to do my laundry later, if I had completed all my tasks for the day, for the week, for the month, then I began to panic and wonder if I was wasting my time and should have been answering my colleague’s emails, calling my mom and dad, or fixing the tail light on my car. But then I felt my legs get uncomfortable in the cramped seat and I was instantly brought back to the show. It was different now. They were in unison, they were water, wind, elements. I’ve tried to make these images with people in the past. I was less successful. These images were breathtaking, I felt like they really captured something completely unique. My thoughts turned again. To thinking about performance, and how I really want to make and see more clown work. Or at least, work that really connects with me. With it’s audience in a more personal way. What would this show be like if there were some sort of tangible story? Despite incredible physical agility, and technique, what was going on? It was like “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” without a plot. Beautiful and stunning, but somewhat empty.

Did anyone else have a similar experience?

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