Can Dance is well into the New Generation season & I have been impressed by the level of commitment of these young dancers – some with amazing technique & emotional expressiveness. It didn’t take them long to learn the classic contemporary gesture – the hand reaching out to the distance while the eyes search for – Toy R’Us? After all these are under 15-year-olds – they can’t be searching for spiritual fulfillment, yet.I’ve been happy to see that the children weren’t being used as props but as equal partners. The choreographers clearly have scaled things a little to encompass the limited knowledge & experience they have to work with. Seeing these kids tackle Fossy was sublime & they pulled it off. That a 10-year is unsure of his cha-cha isn’t unreasonable.
There is still a bit too much of ‘kids say the darnedest things’ in the interview sections. I don’t envy the judges – that an eleven-year-old’s jive kick wasn’t as sharp as it could be isn’t surprising – but they are treating the dancers like adults. The ballroom pieces remain problematic for me – the contestants look more like Toddlers In Tiara’s overdressed & sexualized than young girls. In fact all the girls look like young women, while the boys always look like young boys.
Ultimately the show sells personality with a healthy dose of talent. So far the contestants eliminated have failed to connect with the public – i.e. not enough personality. The recent double-elimination was done so swiftly I can’t tell who was sent packing, which is a sing of how little they registered as personalities. I just hope they have some serious grief support as the two who were eliminated were stunned & did’t even seem to understand what had happened before the giantess came over to hug them goodbye.
For me front-runners are: the youngest JT with surprising technical ability and great screen presence – his contemporary routines have been emotionally resonant; also the tapper Emma – the Salute number was fierce & entertaining.
Selective Honesty
he asks a leading question
the one to find out
if I’m in to him
if I find him sexually desirable
I don’t want to lead him on
but I also don’t want a discussion
about why I don’t find him sexually desirable
because we have met face to face
we have gotten naked for a play date
but there was no chemistry
I don’t really care if I see him again
I don’t want to be friends
I have enough of those already
that I don’t have time to hang out with
I sense that if I say yes to friends
he’ll always have that ‘naked again’ hope
he’ll got pissed at me
for leading him on
because we are socially comfortable
on opposite sides of a table
in a coffee shop
how honest do I need to be
to not come across as cold
indifferent
he asks that leading question
which isn’t going to lead
to where he hopes
because even through
there was no sexual chemistry
we both enjoyed it
but for me
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September 1-4: attending FanExpo 2016 (I’ve already registered)
https://www.facebook.com/fanexpocanada/?fref=ts
October 6 – Thursday Toronto, 8 pm, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St.
http://www.queerslam.com/season-3-dates.html
November 1 – 30 Participating NaNoWriMo
December – Thursday Dec 1st – Toronto, 8 pm, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St.
http://www.queerslam.com/season-3-dates.html
April season 3 FINALS – Friday April 15th Buddies in Bad Times – early show – 7pm start
http://www.queerslam.com/season-3-dates.html
June 2-4: attending: Capturing Fire 2017 –
check out these poets from Capturing Fire 2015: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx5KD1eDccdjdTdQ28kZRNg
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