This weekend, Justin and I decided to get out!!!
Ce week-end, Justin et moi avons décidé de sortir !!!
So, the plan was to take a bus to the golden gate bridge, walk over the bridge and explore the Marin Headlands. Of course, we invited people to tag along if they wanted to. So we were entertained by the company of Marcia and Mark.
Alors, le plan etait de prendre un bus jusqu’au golden gate bridge, traverser le pont et explorer les Marin Headlands (hauteurs aux allentours du pont). Biensur, nous avons invite des amis a ce joindre a nous s’ils le voulaient. Alors nous avons eu la joie d’etre accompagnes par nos amis Marcia et Mark.
We basically drove up to the 1st tourist bridge view spot and hicked down a dirt road to the water (easy to go down…but you gotta come all the back up!). Of course we treated ourselves with Oreo cookies at the end.
Nous avons pris leur voiture jusqu’au 1er point de vue touristique et avons marche sur une route de terre jusqu’a l’eau (facile a descendre…mais il faut se taper la cote en revenant!). Biensur, on s’est recompenses avec des biscuits au chocolat.
The weather was a little chilly and windy at times, with some clouds and light fog, which created dramatic scene at times.
Le temps était peu un frais et venteux parfois, avec nuages et du brouillard léger, qui ont créé des scènes assez dramatiques.
Justin, Marcia and Mark
Light spots on the ocean. Taches lumineuses sur l’océan.
A neat perspective of the famous bridge.Une perspective interessante du pont célèbre.
Last night Justin and I went to the Marin Civic Center to see the not well known enough MOMIX dance company. They’re “dance illusionists” which really is an innovative idea in the dance world. Normally when we think of something beyond dance with effects and stuff, immediately we think more in terms of Cirque du Soleil, with they’re incredible costumes, sets, and “out of the box” numbers.
But the creations of Moses Pendelton definitely stays within the dance category. Only, he has an incredibly inventive approach to what moving and graceful bodies can do. His dancers are definitely dancers, not acrobats (…except maybe for one). And highly classically trained, I might add. His company has kind of a Pilobolus flair, but with even more visual effects created by either the bodies, lights, costume, screens, video art, or all.
In this show, Lunar Sea, the choreography was based on black light art. The dancers were wearing various costumes showing or hiding certain parts of their bodies creating almost mind twisting effects. How do they do that?…It looks like they’re floating! That’s what my mind constantly was asking, and as the piece progressed, I would figure it out. But at some point, after an hour of figuring out the techniques of the illusion, the mind gets tired and finally lets go. Weird feeling.
The result though was extremely fluid, creative, at times a little disturbing (but in a good way). A lot lot of subtleties, surprises and humor were on the menu. It occurred to me though, that the dancers were slaves of how they looked, to meet the extremely precise visuals. Where’s the feeling in all that? Nowhere, it’s purely visual excitement… Also, about 3/4 in the show, the music went from Buddha lounge electronic zenness, to Hans Zimmer intense movie music Batman Begins style, with full orchestra effect. Yeah. That didn’t really keep my amazement going…sometimes less is more. I also found that some music fades could have used a little more tweaking….but that’s just me being a perfectionist…of others people’s work :)
Lunar Sea left us almost speechless for a bit, because the brain wanted to talk so much! I guess that’s a really good sign.
Man, so much decision making to start a blog!
Let’s see how this evolves…
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