musings and Tango
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burntcopperWent to see Tango Por Dos with Graham last night. Aka '...oh my god.'
First act was a bit confusing and varied in nature, not to mention a lot of moments of 'blink and you'll miss that whole section' because they move *that fast*. Forgive me, I just have a preference for slightly, er, slower tango done with more of a mood and intensity vibe rather than 'let's see how fast and complex we can make this'. Still fucking jaw-drop impressive, though. On looking at the programme during the interval it turned out the first act was made up of bits of the company's repertoire, which made sense about the fractured and performance vibe.
Second act, a journey through the history of tango with lots of tributes to the great masters of the art. More cohesive, longer and slower dances, and you got used to who had what speciality, or their style. Moment of 'jesus fuck' provided by the head of the company during the mannequin dance, when one section was spent with him dancing on the EDGE OF THE STAGE. Yes, literally. Half his steps were coming off the edge, as well as practically tap-dancing off it at one point. Us being in the second row were sitting there petrified. Had an issue with one dance, which was women and accordions, basically the girls wearing bugger all and writhing a bit whilst holding accordions in front of them. Definitely could have been left out, since it didn't seem to have any purpose other than flesh on display. The next act, where the girls were wearing suit jackets over the practically nothing? Very impressive and Chicago-like.
Was very interesting seeing the difference between the head of the company and the rest of the blokes, all of whom are fucking fantastic dancers. The basic difference, and the way you could see the man is a master of his art as what you'd probably call precison. He could stop on a dime and hold it, and every movement was utterly controlled. No added frills - best way to describe would be the bit in Strictly Ballroom where Scott is getting *proper* Spanish dancing lessons and keeps being told 'is too messy, don't throw away your energy'.
All in all, pretty stunning. Lots of pretty.
The musing bit:
For all those who read PoTC (which will probably have one big resurgence once Dead Man's Chest comes out) : There's this divide in PoTC slash fandom, which is 'more mature/more discerning fans read Sparrow/Norrington, less mature fans read Sparrow/Turner.' It's a self-perceived divide within the fandom, admittedly, but it's almost like a badge of honour or expected graduation to start off reading a bit of Will/Jack and go on to be a Sparrington fan. Sparrington fans have been known to make sniffy noises about the Will/Jack brigade.
Where the hell did this come from? I'm one of this lot - the Sparrington fans who make sniffy noises - and I'm still confused. I just remember it starting, and then you'd ask people who they shipped, and the ones who prided themselves on being more discerning tended to be Sparrington people. I know this exists to a certain extent in other fandoms - for example, LotR where there were 'shippers of manly men' (ie, the older human lot rather than the elves and hobbits).
Anyone have any ideas on this? Is it the fact that Sparrow and Norrington are more mature anyway and are thus more complex? Bueller?
First act was a bit confusing and varied in nature, not to mention a lot of moments of 'blink and you'll miss that whole section' because they move *that fast*. Forgive me, I just have a preference for slightly, er, slower tango done with more of a mood and intensity vibe rather than 'let's see how fast and complex we can make this'. Still fucking jaw-drop impressive, though. On looking at the programme during the interval it turned out the first act was made up of bits of the company's repertoire, which made sense about the fractured and performance vibe.
Second act, a journey through the history of tango with lots of tributes to the great masters of the art. More cohesive, longer and slower dances, and you got used to who had what speciality, or their style. Moment of 'jesus fuck' provided by the head of the company during the mannequin dance, when one section was spent with him dancing on the EDGE OF THE STAGE. Yes, literally. Half his steps were coming off the edge, as well as practically tap-dancing off it at one point. Us being in the second row were sitting there petrified. Had an issue with one dance, which was women and accordions, basically the girls wearing bugger all and writhing a bit whilst holding accordions in front of them. Definitely could have been left out, since it didn't seem to have any purpose other than flesh on display. The next act, where the girls were wearing suit jackets over the practically nothing? Very impressive and Chicago-like.
Was very interesting seeing the difference between the head of the company and the rest of the blokes, all of whom are fucking fantastic dancers. The basic difference, and the way you could see the man is a master of his art as what you'd probably call precison. He could stop on a dime and hold it, and every movement was utterly controlled. No added frills - best way to describe would be the bit in Strictly Ballroom where Scott is getting *proper* Spanish dancing lessons and keeps being told 'is too messy, don't throw away your energy'.
All in all, pretty stunning. Lots of pretty.
The musing bit:
For all those who read PoTC (which will probably have one big resurgence once Dead Man's Chest comes out) : There's this divide in PoTC slash fandom, which is 'more mature/more discerning fans read Sparrow/Norrington, less mature fans read Sparrow/Turner.' It's a self-perceived divide within the fandom, admittedly, but it's almost like a badge of honour or expected graduation to start off reading a bit of Will/Jack and go on to be a Sparrington fan. Sparrington fans have been known to make sniffy noises about the Will/Jack brigade.
Where the hell did this come from? I'm one of this lot - the Sparrington fans who make sniffy noises - and I'm still confused. I just remember it starting, and then you'd ask people who they shipped, and the ones who prided themselves on being more discerning tended to be Sparrington people. I know this exists to a certain extent in other fandoms - for example, LotR where there were 'shippers of manly men' (ie, the older human lot rather than the elves and hobbits).
Anyone have any ideas on this? Is it the fact that Sparrow and Norrington are more mature anyway and are thus more complex? Bueller?
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Date: 2006-05-31 01:19 pm (UTC)And then I stopped reading, and moved on to Sparrington.
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Date: 2006-05-31 01:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-31 04:57 pm (UTC)And well, Jack Davenport has more subtly and more chemistry. And Sparrington tends have better authors and favours the longer stories.
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Date: 2006-05-31 05:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-01 03:10 am (UTC)