Mythos:Pathos went up last weekend... one sold out show, one over-sold show, one mostly filled show.
Let downs: Severly injured dancer days before the show, only being able to watch from the wings. The first of these things is unavoidable, worsened when your understudy is already filling in, but not worth extra stress animosity. Make it work, fix it, or pull the piece. While I made it work by simple revisions (yes, after building a giant metal urn to also put in silhouette when I thought the dancer could actually just be still in space for the 10 mins), I didn't end up loving the piece this time around, which was a bummer. Between the last show and this one I had really wanted to revise and improve, tweak lighting and add cohesive ideas, but losing two dancers meant just reteaching and running the piece in the two hours of rehearsal I had between shows. Oh well, there's time left.
Awesome stuff: Hubris through Icarus through Prometheus. I am really really pleased with the way this chunk has been starting to gel. There are a few images that are perfect overlays with those that have been stored in my head for months, and some moments where I just find myself watching in the dark with goosebumps. I could go on and on and on... but I won't.
Anyways, the last paragraph helps illustrate what I love about performance. I hate performing, most of the time, myself. Watching dancers that I know as normal people become/embody/give their own life to the characters and such onstage in a piece I have created is so damn rewarding, though.
I'm not in the mood to go on and on... another time!
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