Culture Club
Had two fairly unusual cultural experiences this weekend—an improv show and a ballet.The improv show featured one of Todd’s Frisbee friends, along with five other people who had graduated from improv classes held by Bovine Metropolis Theater.
Bovine Metropolis—get it? Another name for Denver?
It’s the kind of show in which the actors feed off suggestions from the audience. It went on for about 2 hours, and they did a really good job.
My favorite suggestion came in response to this question: What else can she find on the floor?
The answer: drool.
The actress bent over and said, “Yup, got one all the way to the floor that time.”
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On Sunday we went to see a ballet called Anilla by the Lemon Sponge Cake ballet company. Definitely not classical ballet. The music included songs like “Ma Vie en Rose” (Is that right?) and industrial sounds. Sometimes the three dancers simply walked across the stage, or stood in position, or fell to the floor; you could see how the choreographer had worked modern dance into the ballet moves.
My favorite dances were those featuring the male dancer and the female brunette with scary-looking leg and arm muscles. He would drag her onstage, set her up, and then move her into various positions as if she were a doll.
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