Depends on the dancers. I hear they are trying to develop the 3 rd sequance into a film.
1st sequance is based on the famous picture of a 18th century woman in a swing w her "swain" on the ground (basically looking up her skirt.) Lots of acrobatics on the swing most w a sexual inference.
2nd Did You Move? ( actually my fav) takes place in 50's Italian restauraunt. A wife is trapped in an emotionally ( & physically) abusive marriage. She uses fantasy dance sequances to remove herself from the situation she is in. There are wonderful ballet & jazz choreography as Stroman mostly uses classical music, but also comedic elements as well including the spoken "real time" episodes. The whole thing resolves in a bittersweet tragic moment.
3rd The Girl in the Yellow Dress- most famous sequance. An adman is stewing in the juices of his own unhappiness with his life, on the occasion of his professional success. He attempts suicide unsuccessfully ,instead "going out" to a billiards/dance bar where he sees The Girl in the Yellow Dress. Lots of incredibly good dancing here. She is very aloof but is also the best dancer. The adman keeps getting pulled back to his apt where there are a lot of phone messages including some from an annoyed neighbour who needs to sleep but can't due to the noise. Back to the bar where under the tutelage of a Rev Jim style bartender our hero gradually comes to interact w TGITYD. It all gets very "Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge" here. It resolves w our adman making "contact"- w love & life!
Updated On: 8/29/04 at 02:11 PM
