Sunday, December 04, 2005
Vineyard participates in Modern Dance Extravaganza, has Scathingly Brilliant Idea
All I need is a girl who can sing a little and dance a little and is willing to cut her hair like mine, and a guitarist and a bassist and a drummer, and I'll have The Greatest Floor Show on Earth.
We'll bill ourselves as The Fabulous Devlin Girls, twin sisters of Irish extraction who sing and dance for their supper. We'll do old jazz numbers; 'Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby', 'Don't Cry', etc, with softshoe dance routines. We will be amazing.
I got this idea a while back, but, there being a certain shortage in girls willing to cut their hair and dye it red, I haven't been able to put it into action. Yet. I was reminded of this plan today as I watched a dance rehearsal for 'Anatomy', a piece choreographed by my friend Stella Nystrom, with poetry by me interspersed throughout, music by Clurg, and amazing set designs and costumes by two artist friends, Rachel Wright and Nikki Burkett. But as I watched it, I thought, 'What ever happened to Showmanship?'
The Fabulous Devlin Girls will be all about showmanship. If I can just find a twin sister, we'll be set.
// posted by Amethyst Vineyard @ 3:51 PM 
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Having been born into the eighties, and retaining a deep love of Cyndi Lauper, I can't really complain about eighties-ness. All I want to know is, where has good, old-fashioned song-and-dance gone? And also to say that I am willing to bring it back. Can either of you dance? Would you be willing to go with a Dutch boy haircut?
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