Saturday 30 April 2011

Tar and Feathers

Watch this Promo video on YouTube

Tar and Feathers by Kylian is an absolute masterpiece of a ballet, in my eyes. It speaks to the soul, and to the eye, on so many levels it would be pointless to try and explain. It is one of those works of art that are not “about” anything, being beyond explanations. You can only let the work speak for itself…

I have to note, as an aside, that we have seen this ballet in Oslo, and the audience – a part of the audience – was shockingly ignorant. Their behaviour spoiled the effect of the performance to some extent, so I really wish to have seen it elsewhere, in some more civilized country. Apparently, these people know no difference between opera and cabaret, ballet and circus – when they see someone who looks and acts like a clown, they think they have to laugh. Tragic.

WHAT IS THE WORD

Samuel Beckett

folly -
folly for to -
for to -
what is the word -
folly from this -
all this -
folly from all this -
given -
folly given all this -
seeing -
folly seeing all this -
this -
what is the word -
this this -
this this here -
all this this here -
folly given all this -
seeing -
folly seeing all this this here -
for to -
what is the word -
see -
glimpse -
seem to glimpse -
need to seem to glimpse -
folly for to need to seem to glimpse -
what -
what is the word -
and where -
folly for to need to seem to glimpse what where -
where -
what is the word -
there -
over there -
away over there -
afar -
afar away over there -
afaint -
afaint afar away over there what -
what -
what is the word -
seeing all this -
all this this -
all this this here -
folly for to see what -
glimpse -
seem to glimpse -
need to seem to glimpse -
afaint afar away over there what -
folly for to need to seem to glimpse afaint afar away over there what -
what -
what is the word -

what is the word