clockworks

[alonewiththemoon]

Elysium Dance Theatre's Gothla piece is way over the "not belly dance any more" line for me personally, but whatever kind of dance it is, I <3 the first half of this:

Couldn't see enough of the ensemble at once to get an idea of what was going on the second half. But in that first bit, Elayssa is just perfection. As BoingBoing observed, "That is one talented gothy clockwork lady in big chunky shoes."

Speaking of clockworks, the tech at the computer store could find nothing wrong at all with M's laptop. And the popping did not happen at all, through a full day of playing music at the store. Current theory is perhaps there is some interference near our house that affects just that laptop. The tech is switching out the motherboard, to see if that helps any. If it is interference, I think we're screwed, unless we can build some kind of shield box for it. Given that one neighbor's car alarm turning on or off interferes with our TV sound, the interference argument does sound possible to me. The laptop should be ready on Friday, so I'll play music on it at work and see if the popping happens there, then bring it home and test it at home. We shall see...

Comments

[christianet.livejournal.com]

I loved this piece, but yes, it was way over the "not bellydance" line. The scientist ladies did do a dabke with the handkerchiefs for a few measures, but the rest of it was very modern jazz. Elayssa, doesn't she dance with Desert Sin?

[meddevi.livejournal.com]

heh, I barely got to see any performances, but I did see this. And my exact thoughts were: "that's cool, but where's the bellydance?" I kept waiting for it. I wish they had asked for video from the evening show or of other performances during the day.

[bluemoonsaga.livejournal.com]

wwwayy better in person. i suspect this is why i was asked to hold the show.......in defense of them they didn't bd last either. they did a martha graham inspired victorian thing.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Wow. Her robotic movements are something else.

The little wind-up ballerina reminds me...I've always wanted to see one of those of a bellydancer. Not sure how I'd make one, or get a little musical chip to play a chifti.