Show: Eat, Drink, Marry
Company: Hurley & Dancers
Venue: Southern Theatre
Die Roll: 17
This show marks the first time I've ever been in the Southern for something other than Balls Cabaret. It felt a little odd being there before midnight. However, I sat up high and near the back as I normally do for Balls, so at least I felt a little at home.
In stark contrast to yesterday's offering in the dance genre, this piece was very well danced, very well executed, and very well guided. i use the word guided here because thought the first dance of this show didn't tell a story, it was clear what was going on. Well, that is to say, it didn't tell a story in a linear form. what it did do was play with the concept of victorian manners in conflict with same-sex marriage. Not a wholely inappropriate mix, since our country is highly affected by one (the Victorian mindset) and obsessed with the other (the same-sex stuff).
The piece was really well done, especially since most of it wasn't set to music. There were some pieces of music interspersed, but most of the dance was done to spoken text taken from the US Constitution, the Defense of Marriage Act, a guide to manners.
The second dance of the evening was a whimsical thing about being a bridesmaid. It also was well danced, and enjoyable. It had less to say than the other, but it is a fun chaser.
Note to the company... You don't have to over explain what the purpose of your dance is, or how it was put together. Let it stand on its own, it is strong enough to. The notes in the program defending Madoern Dance as an artform that is harder than it looks is already prbably not necessary, but to cap it off with a speech mid-show just kills the rhythm of an otherwise enjoyable time.
RATING: "d12 - A Heckuva Lotta Fun"
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