Comments on: NACHO!!!

by: Cristalle Irons

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:14:46 +0000

Megan

This is Cristalle from lululemon. I lost your phone number and would love to contact you. The store number is 650.347.5858 please contact me

Cristalle

by: Shannon

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:48:22 +0000

WAHAHAHA I have joined and can now embarrass you in before the online dance community by leaving my usual evil comments. Ditto about the program notes…however infinitely less annoying than pre-performance lectures by stuffy people who believe that they are the end all be all of dance criticism. Any ways, lovely pic of the rather large castrati. See you soon!

by: carla korbes

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:11:20 +0000

Megan, and everyone at the Winger,
I just saw the CND last night, and Megan is right, they were unbelivably fluid and amazing to look at. What is so nice about their company is that they are all so commited to the work, they never look like they could be doing anything else at that moment. They are also so confortable with their bodies (it seams from the audience), one minute they are up dancing around and the next they are on the floor doing some amazing things.
They performed Castrati, Gnawa and White Darkness. The last piece was my favorite, the dancers, the music, the white powder (sand?) was all very intense and beautiful.
Does anyone know what they use for the effects on White Darkness? Is it sand?

by: jennifer

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:09:08 +0000

dang it, i knew i shouldn’t have skipped the duato performance at yerba buena…truth be told, the rain kept me away thanks for the review. hattie is adorable!!!!

by: Cathy

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:41:58 +0000

oh nacho’s works are FANTASTIC, aren’t they?? I loveit!

by: megan

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:41:33 +0000

I’ll definitely have to look up that film, and those books… Gwenny, what is the title of the novel? (also, have you seen “Torchwood,” the BBC show? the main character is named Gwen!)

I hope you enjoy the performance, Carla! So amazing that you got to watch rehearsal! Can’t wait to hear about it.

by: carla korbes

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:41:13 +0000

Megan,
I am going to see them dance tonight here in Seattle. I can’t wait!!
Thursday I got to meet the company and watch a little bit of their rehearsal. They are truly amazing.
I will let you know what I thought about it later!

Thanks for the post!

by: philip

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:03:52 +0000

Megan & Gwen, I hope you have both seen the film FARINELLI…sexy, colorful and it captures the adulation that the castrati inspired as well as their power of sexual attraction. To create the imagined sound of a castrato voice the film morphs a counter-tenor with a female high soprano.

Two of my favorite novels deal with castrati: CRY TO HEAVEN by Anne Rice and THE VIRTUOSO by Margriet de Moor.

by: Gwenny

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:05:10 +0000

You kidding?! Castrati were the rock stars of their day. I read the most awesome novel based on Faranelli’s life. It is an interesting bit of history…