Thank you greatly Jocelyn and Brianna, the two of you are angels.
The choreography is my interpretation of one of my favourite songs by CocoRosie; a live performance of two of their songs, Good Friday and Happy Eyez.
It's a story of a mother and a daughter. It helps to date the story back to the day when girls learned how to take care of a family, and be a successful housewife through their school books. It's only imagined that from the moment a girl graduates, that text book becomes her life. An ideal world within the words of a man. So her life is summed up to protecting an image of an ideal family. The daughter, a strong young girl of 5 or 6, is caught between the words in a textbook, and a boy's play things. She doesn't like restrictions, dresses or cooking. She watches her brother be strong and free. She feels smothered in a world forced upon her. Of all people in the world, her mother would understand. Right?
Mother is caught up in the image of a perfect family, and can't see any farther than that. She sees a child who couldn't know what she wants, and a world filled with judging eyes. A little force is all that is needed to set a child in line.
The child runs away, and is lost on the streets. It's a scary place to be. The lyrics say the rest.
My mother i seek,
I'd like to curl up meek,
In the lap of your laughter.
You wanted a daughter.
Well i am no Jesus,
If you give me a dress,
I could become your princess.
It's alot to fit into a small dance, but all i hope is that at least a bit of the story translates.
Enjoy :)
