New subject... for now...
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kukla_tkoCostume updates;
For Archon I will not do my originally planned presentation of amazing power.
Instead, I will be paid to provide New Line Theater's "Man Of La Mancha" with costumes.
However, now that my mind is turned toward theater, I have two different (and partially complete) costume presentation ideas...
I am sticking them behind a cut. If you wish to be surprised, please don't peek. I am merely throwing some ideas around.
Item 1: The dance of the seasons; St. Louis style.
I see these come up from time to time; someone does a different fairy for each of the seasons, and they do a stylized dance to symbolize the change of season.
Bleah.
My variation is as follows:
Spring (a young teen-aged girl in bright greens, and yellow daffodils) creeps shyly onto the stage. She starts to skip and prance, and then is bullied off by the second Fairy.
Summer is either a twentysomething, or a late teen-ager. She's in greens, with some references to blue and maybe even a spray of "red-white-and-blue" a la July 4th. She struts around the stage, throwing her weight around. She might even have a "fog of humidity" cloak or a "Yellow Air Day" sticker on her back.
Autumn (Um. That would be the buxom redhead... ME!) Takes the stage in a splash of golds, reds, and browns. Summer refuses to leave. The two of them get into a shoving match, with autumn throwing leaves, and summer knocking her over, until...
Winter shows up.
Now, we see winter fairies all the blessed time. They are spun sugar confections with iridescent wings, delicate layers of white tulle, and snowflakes in their hair. They are covered head-to-toe in iridescent twinkling glitter.
Um.
No. St. Louis Winter Fairy is in a black turtleneck. She's wearing a long black "carwash" skirt with a wisp of a white petticoat. Her wings are black, bare, twisted tree branches bereft of life or hope. Her white wig is not streaked with glitter, in fact, it has broken twigs in it, too. She's in platform combat boots and black studded gloves.
She shows up and intimidates the other two fairies off of the stage. Total time: 45 seconds or less.
Behold the change of seasons here in the Midwest!
Item 2:
Since I was not paid (in any way) for my work on Into The Woods, I feel that I could easily compete some of the costumes from that production.
I am not sure how the "script" will go.
Here's what I want to do:
It's the scene where the Witch transforms from the old gnarled hag into the young beautiful witch of fabu. Turns out that the ingredients the witch wanted all along were for this particular potion, and she is not allowed to touch them. The Baker and his Wife feed the Cape as red as blood,
The Hair as yellow as corn,
and the Slipper as pure as gold
into the Cow as White as Milk. They then milk the cow and give the milk to the witch. She drinks it, and in a writhing transformation, changes into the Pretty Witch. She does so ON STAGE in full view of the audience.
Now, in the meantime, another character identifies himself as the Bakers supposedly dead father, then keels over and dies. There's a lot of chaos going on.
Since I have two incredible costumes already made, I could put the Witch and the Cow on the stage, I just need to rewrite the script so that I can get my transformation done.
Anyone who came and looked behind the cut is more than welcome to comment and put in a vote.
Ugh.
I hope no one needs me for the next few weeks. I have a BUTT load of costumes to finish.
For Archon I will not do my originally planned presentation of amazing power.
Instead, I will be paid to provide New Line Theater's "Man Of La Mancha" with costumes.
However, now that my mind is turned toward theater, I have two different (and partially complete) costume presentation ideas...
I am sticking them behind a cut. If you wish to be surprised, please don't peek. I am merely throwing some ideas around.
Item 1: The dance of the seasons; St. Louis style.
I see these come up from time to time; someone does a different fairy for each of the seasons, and they do a stylized dance to symbolize the change of season.
Bleah.
My variation is as follows:
Spring (a young teen-aged girl in bright greens, and yellow daffodils) creeps shyly onto the stage. She starts to skip and prance, and then is bullied off by the second Fairy.
Summer is either a twentysomething, or a late teen-ager. She's in greens, with some references to blue and maybe even a spray of "red-white-and-blue" a la July 4th. She struts around the stage, throwing her weight around. She might even have a "fog of humidity" cloak or a "Yellow Air Day" sticker on her back.
Autumn (Um. That would be the buxom redhead... ME!) Takes the stage in a splash of golds, reds, and browns. Summer refuses to leave. The two of them get into a shoving match, with autumn throwing leaves, and summer knocking her over, until...
Winter shows up.
Now, we see winter fairies all the blessed time. They are spun sugar confections with iridescent wings, delicate layers of white tulle, and snowflakes in their hair. They are covered head-to-toe in iridescent twinkling glitter.
Um.
No. St. Louis Winter Fairy is in a black turtleneck. She's wearing a long black "carwash" skirt with a wisp of a white petticoat. Her wings are black, bare, twisted tree branches bereft of life or hope. Her white wig is not streaked with glitter, in fact, it has broken twigs in it, too. She's in platform combat boots and black studded gloves.
She shows up and intimidates the other two fairies off of the stage. Total time: 45 seconds or less.
Behold the change of seasons here in the Midwest!
Item 2:
Since I was not paid (in any way) for my work on Into The Woods, I feel that I could easily compete some of the costumes from that production.
I am not sure how the "script" will go.
Here's what I want to do:
It's the scene where the Witch transforms from the old gnarled hag into the young beautiful witch of fabu. Turns out that the ingredients the witch wanted all along were for this particular potion, and she is not allowed to touch them. The Baker and his Wife feed the Cape as red as blood,
The Hair as yellow as corn,
and the Slipper as pure as gold
into the Cow as White as Milk. They then milk the cow and give the milk to the witch. She drinks it, and in a writhing transformation, changes into the Pretty Witch. She does so ON STAGE in full view of the audience.
Now, in the meantime, another character identifies himself as the Bakers supposedly dead father, then keels over and dies. There's a lot of chaos going on.
Since I have two incredible costumes already made, I could put the Witch and the Cow on the stage, I just need to rewrite the script so that I can get my transformation done.
Anyone who came and looked behind the cut is more than welcome to comment and put in a vote.
Ugh.
I hope no one needs me for the next few weeks. I have a BUTT load of costumes to finish.
