and a happy new year to you too!
Jan. 1st, 2009 10:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alonewiththemoonLast night I toasted in the new year with absinthe* and today I went to a surrealist circus, and that pretty much sums up the spirit of my new year's resolutions, such as they are. Be more adventurous, do more stuff. Strive for balance but don't mistake balance for inertia. Keep doing more of the things that make life good for myself and others, do my best to avoid the mistakes of the past. Life is a process, not something you can pin concrete resolutions upon.
The surrealist circus was Aurélia's Oratorio at the American Repertory Theatre, and I would tell you local people to all go see it but I suspect the remaining few shows are sold out. It was truly amazing. Aurélia Thierrée is the granddaughter of Charlie and Oona Chaplin, and grew up doing exactly this kind of theatre. It all felt so elegant and effortless. It's hard to convey the constant sense of wonder we felt; the world surrealist is overused but it is not a word I personally use unless I mean it. This was surrealist in the most classic sense. It made Cirque du Soleil seem tawdry in its honest physicality and bare bones staging. There were props used--most notably silks used in incredibly innovative ways) but the props never overshadowed the physical achievement of the performers. There's a video trailer here that shows some small amount of what goes on. All in all, a perfect way to begin a new year.
*it was amusing that this seems to be the mental image widely associated with absinthe among the group of us. I'll drink to that!
The surrealist circus was Aurélia's Oratorio at the American Repertory Theatre, and I would tell you local people to all go see it but I suspect the remaining few shows are sold out. It was truly amazing. Aurélia Thierrée is the granddaughter of Charlie and Oona Chaplin, and grew up doing exactly this kind of theatre. It all felt so elegant and effortless. It's hard to convey the constant sense of wonder we felt; the world surrealist is overused but it is not a word I personally use unless I mean it. This was surrealist in the most classic sense. It made Cirque du Soleil seem tawdry in its honest physicality and bare bones staging. There were props used--most notably silks used in incredibly innovative ways) but the props never overshadowed the physical achievement of the performers. There's a video trailer here that shows some small amount of what goes on. All in all, a perfect way to begin a new year.
*it was amusing that this seems to be the mental image widely associated with absinthe among the group of us. I'll drink to that!
