Peel Me A Grape

20 December 2013

Song by Diana Krall (here)

"Send out for scotch..."

After a year of dancing burlesque it became apparent to me that I had not done a classic torch song. About the same time Kait had im'ed me a fantastic video of a rl burly girl doing a song that Sho had used, but more importantly, she was a red head dancing in a red room. (Link here) So after a little bit of digging through my music library, I picked Diana Krall's version of Peel Me A Grape.  It was a song I had seriously considered sveral times but thought it had been done.  Anita O'Brien did the original song, but it was just a little up-tempo for my liking.

It became a wine colored hair girl in a purple room.

Truth be told, this song had been on my mind since long before I started performing and was still working up the skills to do this art.

I ran with it and frankly, I feel it is one of my best acts.  I really pushed myself with the set, and the choreo just happened so naturally, it was magic.  More like a little voodoo, inspired by a certain gentleman I recently had the pleasure of getting to know. When I learn how to make machinima, I am going to film it, but until then here are the stills.

Toxic

14 December 2013

Song by Britney Spears, covered by The Glee Cast (here)

"With a taste of your lips
I'm on a ride
You're toxic, I'm slipping under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic"

When I was dreaming on becoming a dancer I put together a few sets and costumes hoping that one day I could do the act. On the same day that I finished my Poison Ivy, GB posted the promo for the week and it was Sho, in a Poison Ivy costume. Honestly I cried a little, disappointment and a little frustration that this act would have to be canned or wait a long time, if I ever made it into the troupe.  I saw the act at GB that week, and it was a fabulous romp with the old school Ivy, Sho did an awesome number.  Now that I know Sho, I realize that it was just a case of "great minds think alike". *grins*  And in the end I am glad that it did have to wait, the whole act turned out better than I originally envisioned and I pushed myself to learn new things.

I trashed the old version of the costume and concept and went with the Arkham Asylum version of Poison Ivy, and set it in her lab. I struggled with making the costume out of found clothing and was never happy with it. I spent days trying to find a red shirt similar to the one she wore in Arkham Asylum.  Just when I was giving in to settling for good enough, I came across a designer who did her full avatar. Not one to wear other shapes, I squished mine into the mesh shirt, and bought some good boots, and it turned out just right. Yay!  

I recruited a Batman (Shippy) since the version of the song that I chose was the Glee Cast one that had multiple singers, but emphasized the male-female duet.

I did my first choreo-ed couple's dance, which was a lovely challenge. It made Ender spend a lot of time shopping for the right dances and warming the mover as Shippy's stunt double. 

Batman was poisoned in the end. I just could not help it, could not go against my nature. *wink*

Thanks Ship, for rockin' The Black Knight and tolerating a Glee song!

Thanks to Toy for the pics with Ship & I, I was way too busy performing to get any myself. You are awesome for snapping our shows each week, you have a great eye.

Chillin' like a villain, on the set with a dead Batman (Ender).