Saturday, January 30, 2010

Well That Was Different

The experimentation with different types of story telling in There is No End To More was more than varying. In the beginning when we watch an interpretive dance along with a whispered narrative that confused me as to whether I should look at him or listen. So I did both, and then each one separately. When he said "my ears are stars", I began to wonder where this was going and for how long it would last.
There was then what seemed to be a talk show, but there were no contestants and the host is a man pretending to be a child. He then has conversations with pre-recorded voices played on speakers around the theater. Flashes of old and new popular imagery in the background and sounds of barking and howling, followed by animated characters who are eaten by another cartoon. Ending in a 3 minute dialogue about a little girl shrinking that ended with "my mom's gonna kill me when I get home" was enough to wrap up the hour long performance that was too long.
The show was beyond confusing and very odd but I will commend him on the use of technology in the presentation. He used audio and visual and touched your senses with both. Flashing lights for the images and then colors later on when he began to interpretively dance again brought things to your attention. The loud sounds on the audio and the immature jokes he used entertained but also made you listen. The use of technology worked for his advantage on this tumultuous show.

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