Friztie came over for dinner and we caught up with life and began to discuss the Montreal Production. I threw out several options, my fairy-tale show, Murmur the dance theater chamber piece about heart and failure, and remembered this crazy idea I had for a title of a show: Sport Sex Death Porn.
When she heard that title, her ears picked up. She was immediately intrigued to where this was going. As an effort to record our ideas and inspirations, and document the evolution of a seriously made from scratch work of art, I started this blog. It will hopefully serve as a useful tool in collaboration.
Fritzie and I are on the same wavelength, she immediately thought about the clean styled look to the show, and I knew exactly what she meant. And we both knew exactly how the postcards would look. I feel bad about addressing a work of art in this way - it really runs counter to my training and tradition where you start with something precious and nurture it like a baby.
Here are the ideas we're working with now... privileged kids/adults, sex workers, drug use, games people play, the economy, a journalistic approach, real lives of people, Shakespeare. I meditated for a little bit on this and I'm enjoying the play between what we buy (into) and what we pay for (it). It would reflect the title's purpose and content rather well, and then we could explore those topics any number of ways.
That's my jumping off place for now - Fritzie and I both like the premise where 3-4 people come together to play a game that involves really hurting each other. I like the idea of someone killing another out of shame or fear (but they kill the wrong person) and then committing suicide themselves as the person they were supposed to kill looks on.
Our next task is to bring on the brightest talents at our disposal and to 'sell' them on the idea of creating a new show, designed to sell, without selling out.
I'm also curious about time/period. And video projection. And tango.
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