tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873311900923207764.post3032552315311700935..comments2010-11-13T22:30:43.909-05:00Comments on TIME AND SPACE: Urbanvessel Deconstructs Gender One Punch at a Tim...EDITORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05510027692530959761noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873311900923207764.post-46551641604238865042010-11-15T22:05:33.316-05:002010-11-15T22:05:33.316-05:00Voice-Box depicts the oppression of women in socie...Voice-Box depicts the oppression of women in society, expressions of sexuality and the nature of female aggression. This is the first presentation of the work and I got the sense that more revisions are to come. It is evident that dramaturgical work has been done to simplify the complexity of the issues at hand and to present the performance in a segmented manner. The whole experience is highly Dan Daleyhttp://www.summerworks.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873311900923207764.post-81000108210147429182010-11-15T22:03:47.839-05:002010-11-15T22:03:47.839-05:00Voice-Box depicts the oppression of women in socie...Voice-Box depicts the oppression of women in society, expressions of sexuality and the nature of female aggression. This is the first presentation of the work and I got the sense that more revisions are to come. It is evident that dramaturgical work has been done to simplify the complexity of the issues at hand and to present the performance in a segmented manner. The whole experience is highly Dan Daleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873311900923207764.post-23505350910576108382010-11-14T15:21:05.744-05:002010-11-14T15:21:05.744-05:00Voice-Box left me wanting for more.
More of an u...Voice-Box left me wanting for more. <br /><br />More of an understanding of urbanvessel's supposed intent: mapping/contrasting the edges between female aggression and violence and the connection of female voice to physical and psychological power.<br /> <br />Instead, I found myself waiting for the self-consciously playful gender de/construction to drop and for the real raw (and perhaps Comanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09433217932912428691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873311900923207764.post-74899533244382458182010-11-14T15:20:33.470-05:002010-11-14T15:20:33.470-05:00I saw Voice-Box last night and second your observa...I saw Voice-Box last night and second your observations Mariel. <br /><br />Here's my "gloves off" artistic response as a member of The Embassy.<br /><br />As a World Stage/Fresh Ground production, Voice-Box bills itself as a (theatrical) "event" but alas, in midst of the gendered/relational humour and the predominant (physical) dance/fight posturing, I found myself Comanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09433217932912428691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873311900923207764.post-65075614516655539022010-11-14T15:19:15.322-05:002010-11-14T15:19:15.322-05:00I saw Voice-Box last night and second your observa...I saw Voice-Box last night and second your observations Mariel. <br /><br />Here's my "gloves off" artistic response as a member of The Embassy.<br /><br />As a World Stage/Fresh Ground production, Voice-Box bills itself as a (theatrical) "event" but alas, in midst of the gendered/relational humour and the predominant (physical) dance/fight posturing, I found myself Comanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09433217932912428691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873311900923207764.post-1658120134924964802010-11-13T22:33:22.995-05:002010-11-13T22:33:22.995-05:00After seeing Voicebox on Thursday, I had the chan...After seeing Voicebox on Thursday, I had the chance to step up to the bag and swing a punch in the postshow boxing corner. In a skirt, pointed suede boots and boxing gloves, I hit that punching bag with wild abandon. It felt good, really good. I started punching and just kept going, almost as if I couldn’t stop. People stopped and stared. It was a performance in itself and I think it was tellingMarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07287984297862835746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873311900923207764.post-74183385762406267542010-11-13T22:30:23.791-05:002010-11-13T22:30:23.791-05:00After seeing Voicebox on Thursday, I had the chan...After seeing Voicebox on Thursday, I had the chance to step up to the bag and swing a punch in the postshow boxing corner. In a skirt, pointed suede boots and boxing gloves, I hit that punching bag with wild abandon. It felt good, really good. I started punching and just kept going, almost as if I couldn’t stop. People stopped and stared. It was a performance in itself and I think it was tellingMarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07287984297862835746noreply@blogger.com