Re: CV

[rich <rich@nuvisionsca.com>]

ahhh...well i'm sure sarcasm will get me nowhere, eventually!

no disrespect intended, for sure.

I've not seen a Stomp performance, but i've seen a boatload of dance 
over the last 9 years.  Dancers happen to be extremely musical and 
talented on the average.  When they're not...it's VERY obvious and 
hard (if not sometimes humourous) to watch.

i guess IMHO, i would call what they do  "Tap on steriods".

taking tap and rhythm into the realm of what the Cirque De Soliel 
troops are doing...the jaded public seems to need to be 
"oooooohhhhed" and "aaaaaaahhhhhed" alot these days, and dance, as a 
medium, is having a hard time catching up.  not that oohs and aaahs 
are a bad thing in and of themselves, but dance has never really had 
that element going for it.  with Cirque, and Stomp, and other troops 
like Diavolo and LaLaLa, the "wow" factor has been taken up a notch.

Test Department, on the other hand, was a politically bent outfit 
intent on making a purely rhythmic force burrow into your brain.  To 
me, they had the same force and might of a marching army, but they 
seemed to be very anarchistic and free thinkers.  Just well crafted, 
extremely focused POWER.  no frills, no melody, just POW!

and my musings wander completely off topic, i'll stop now.  i 
heartily recommend "beating the retreat" and "the unacceptable face 
of freedom" however.

your mileage may vary.

respect,

rich


>i am not familiar with Test Department, but i met the players from
>the dallas production of stomp a few years ago
>(different players in different productions, like any broadway show)
>and found them to be extremely musical people...
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>>  predecessors to stomp?  hahahaha...you're being generous...to 
>>stomp, that is.
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>>  rich
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