VL&Q: superhero

My sister and I are putting together a dance about superheroes. We aren't sure yet how, exactly, it will turn out, where it will be performed, or what will end up being the fishing line of theme or narrative that will drag us through, but we've started something... And I'm really excited about it.

Things that we are thinking about: heroism, mythology, bandit masks, secret identities, klezmer music, interrogations, decisions, magic tricks, Jewish Americans in 1930s New York, J. S. Bach, paper bags, train rides...

On Sunday, we had our first rehearsal in the studio. The lovely Carson, who has magnanimously agreed to be part of our experiment, joined us. We each picked out a superpower and brought along some images or text that felt evocative of whatever it was. All of it was fodder for improvisation, and after two hours, we had three phrases, all of them odd and funny and hopefully useful as things to stick other things to.

Here are mine:

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VL&Q

I believe in satisfying cravings.

Last week, I was suddenly, intensely ravenous for a project that was out of the ordinary. Out of my ordinary, at least. I wanted something complicated, difficult, and interesting, something to distract me from my bluesy streak. I wanted a Very Large and Quixotic project.

I've been fiddling with the start of it. Here's some of what I did today.


And here's an interview with Christian DeVita, who did storyboards for Fantastic Mr. Fox. It's from the Drawn! website, which waylaid me for a solid hour today.