Comments on: A little more Leeloo http://rinaslayter.com/2006/10/29/a-little-more-leeloo/ I Love Vintage Sewing Patterns! Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:45:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kevin http://rinaslayter.com/2006/10/29/a-little-more-leeloo/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Kevin Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:05:55 +0000 http://rinaslayter.com/2006/10/29/a-little-more-leeloo/#comment-6 You're welcome. You’re welcome.

]]> By: RinaSlayter http://rinaslayter.com/2006/10/29/a-little-more-leeloo/comment-page-1/#comment-5 RinaSlayter Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:30:50 +0000 http://rinaslayter.com/2006/10/29/a-little-more-leeloo/#comment-5 Wow! Well said, Kevin! Thank you for such a great comment. I agree it requires a lot of skill. Going into it, I had no idea that (1) the dress would be so heavy, (2) that I was expected to not just lift it up, but toss it around and most difficult (3) stand on one leg while tossing the dress and kicking with the other leg. It may not read like much, but the act of doing it was something very, very new for me and I'm still amazed I did it at all. I've never been a dancer...ever...And never imagined I'd perform onstage. I was always a technician hanging out backstage, pulling ropes, pressing buttons or aiming followspots. And yeah, I hadn't thought about it before, but there is definitely a sense of empowerment. Perhaps that's the real reason I felt compelled to lift my skirt! (I suppose the empowerment and the fact that probably 90% of the work in that costume was in the ruffles, bloomers and stockings I slaved over while building!) Thank you! Wow! Well said, Kevin! Thank you for such a great comment.

I agree it requires a lot of skill. Going into it, I had no idea that (1) the dress would be so heavy, (2) that I was expected to not just lift it up, but toss it around and most difficult (3) stand on one leg while tossing the dress and kicking with the other leg. It may not read like much, but the act of doing it was something very, very new for me and I’m still amazed I did it at all. I’ve never been a dancer…ever…And never imagined I’d perform onstage. I was always a technician hanging out backstage, pulling ropes, pressing buttons or aiming followspots.

And yeah, I hadn’t thought about it before, but there is definitely a sense of empowerment. Perhaps that’s the real reason I felt compelled to lift my skirt! (I suppose the empowerment and the fact that probably 90% of the work in that costume was in the ruffles, bloomers and stockings I slaved over while building!)

Thank you!

]]> By: Kevin http://rinaslayter.com/2006/10/29/a-little-more-leeloo/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Kevin Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:32:10 +0000 http://rinaslayter.com/2006/10/29/a-little-more-leeloo/#comment-4 "And there’s just this funny thing about cancan dancing…and wearing a cancan dress. It made me do something I would never do in my regular life. I always had this strange compulsion to hike up my skirt! Even before going on stage to dance, I must’ve flashed the entire audience. Guys took pictures and I proudly held up my skirt. I dunno what came over me. While wearing a cancan skirt, all I wanted to do was hold it up. That, in itself, was a little adventurous experience for me…" Ms Slayter: I had to write to respond to your comment. First of all, I had to laugh about it. There is NO strange compulsion at all. It's a feeling of empowerment. The Can-Can has been known as the world's first dance that has been exclusively been associated with women. When women dance it, they feel truly in control. That is why Gwen Verdon became a huge Broadway star. I know because for three years, I tried to enlist a real can-can dance troupe from Paris for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade here in New York. Le Clairette Can Can is supervised by Claire Duport, who danced the Can-Can for the Follies Berege. www.clairette.org She is a wonderful lady and we have beem friends for four years. The best can-can troupe here in America is Madame Gigi's Outrageous French Can-Can Dancers, of Dayton, Ohio. http://www.cancan-historicdance.com The can-can is a spectacular dance that requires a lot of skill. It can draw raves from audiences when it's done well. David Price, who authored the book, "CANCAN!" said the Can-Can is not about the dance, it's about the attitude, it's about the costume and it's about the underwear. Dancers in shows can work very hard and go home in anonymity on most nights. But a can-can dancer can flash her frilly bloomers and receive roses at the end of the night. Look how much guys wanted to take your picture. In a way, I can't blame them....;) Take care, Kevin “And there’s just this funny thing about cancan dancing…and wearing a cancan dress. It made me do something I would never do in my regular life. I always had this strange compulsion to hike up my skirt! Even before going on stage to dance, I must’ve flashed the entire audience. Guys took pictures and I proudly held up my skirt. I dunno what came over me. While wearing a cancan skirt, all I wanted to do was hold it up. That, in itself, was a little adventurous experience for me…”

Ms Slayter:
I had to write to respond to your comment.
First of all, I had to laugh about it.
There is NO strange compulsion at all. It’s a feeling of empowerment.
The Can-Can has been known as the world’s first dance that has been exclusively been associated with women. When women dance it, they feel truly in control.

That is why Gwen Verdon became a huge Broadway star.

I know because for three years, I tried to enlist a real can-can dance troupe from Paris for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade here in New York.
Le Clairette Can Can is supervised by Claire Duport, who danced the Can-Can for the Follies Berege.
http://www.clairette.org
She is a wonderful lady and we have beem friends for four years.

The best can-can troupe here in America is Madame Gigi’s Outrageous French Can-Can Dancers, of Dayton, Ohio.
http://www.cancan-historicdance.com

The can-can is a spectacular dance that requires a lot of skill. It can draw raves from audiences when it’s done well.
David Price, who authored the book, “CANCAN!” said the Can-Can is not about the dance, it’s about the attitude, it’s about the costume and it’s about the underwear.

Dancers in shows can work very hard and go home in anonymity on most nights. But a can-can dancer can flash her frilly bloomers and receive roses at the end of the night.
Look how much guys wanted to take your picture.
In a way, I can’t blame them….;)

Take care,
Kevin

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