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We went to see two isaralei dances. in the first dance there were 3 people, 1 woman and 2 men. it had almost no music, but they still followed a beat and a rythm. what i think was the key to the dance was the light. in both cases it began in complete darkness and the light didnt lit at once, it lit very slowly until it reached its full brightness and after it did there were a series of games with the light, changing the colors and the brightness. the game of lights helped in the understanding of the meaning of the dance because there was no music so the light would help me understand the feelings the dancers wanted to portray. there were moments in the dance where the men played a lot with the woman and i didnt understand what it meant, but once i saw the second dance (which was about 2 gay men) i realised the first one could as well be somehow related to sex, love and cheat. That i whay i think the red light that they used also helped me make that link. i liked the dance because it showed a whole story through movemements, every single arm movement or finger movement meant something, they had their bodies completely under control, but there were moments in which i think got too bulgar and physical in a bad way. it turned from a representation of something to almost doing that exact same thing they were trying to represent so i think that if they havent done it in so obvious way that part would have looked better. other thing i didnt like was the lack of music in the first dance, i think it would have gotten me to a whole different level of understanding. because although it was very clear what they were trying to say, i think that music would have made that a little more clear. the way their bodies expresses such story was very good, but if they had shown more their face expression i think it would have been a stronger message of what they were trying to say.

there were only 2 men in the second play and it shown 2 gay men. it as well started with the darkness and then the appearing of light. both dances were relatively short, but the second one was even shorter but it felt as if it lasted hours, what i think made it feel so long was the repetitive moves. there was a very short sequence of moves that they repeted over and over again, the repetition of a so short sequence made it very boring. The music was also repetitive so it tired me even more. i think a more varied routine would have made look better, they could have made a very long dance with the idea of 2 gay men, explore all of what it means to be gay for example, but i think they just limited the view of this and made it superficial eventhough there was a story behind it.

the first dancewas also repetitive at some times, but it looked more like a ritual not so much as a repetitive thing without any purpose. in the first dance there was a why to the repetition, i could see a result when they did the repetition, not like the second one where they only repeted it without a given purpose or result.

maybe a various routine of movements would have made dance #2 mauch more entretaining. dance #1 was very good and i really saw the story and felt what they wanted to represent, eventhough there was no music, would the use of music take some meaning out of it? or would it have improved it?