Saturday, March 28, 2009

funny youngsters

watched a dance performance by NUS students in UCC
i'm not an artistic person, at least i don't think i'm, and that's why some of the items of the show were boring to me, yes the theater is small, and i didn't find it too comfortable sitting after some time, and so the less interesting items sorta half-hypnotized me, but then i must say, i wasn't entirely out of the show, i mean, even though i don't really understand what some of them were about, those erm.....artistic dances, but with sorrow music, together with the artistic moves, i actually felt my emotions got influenced. I suppose those item were trying to show some feelings of despair or frustration, and i did, at some moments, get a little depressed and moody watching those items, i guess after all, music and body language is universal
and just one funny thing that i find myself truly difficult to understand is that, why must the supporters keep their "go XX!" "go XXX!" "go XXXX!" NON STOP throughout the show? ok it's a show by halls of residences, and we all know how spirited they are and why exactly would NUS students, for very few times in their lives be punctual for something, but if their motives are really to support, it makes even no sense to me letting their friends' names out of their mouths with maximum volume
why? to me, what performers want to do on stage are to create "moments", "moments" when the audiences do nothing else, think nothing else, watch nothing else, hear nothing else, feel nothing else but them, their performances. that "moments" could be just a few seconds, maybe even 1, but enough to last for a very very very long time on people's mind if they truly are great
having said that, aren't those funny "go XXXXX!" just like ringtones of handphones in the midst of a movie in the cinema?
unless, of course, that what they want on stage, is not to give the audiences some "moments", but just to enjoy "their moments". Why bother to have it open to public then? funny youngsters nowadays...

2 comments:

-siewchoon- said...

shouting for the name might be an encouragements the frens wanted to show, yet they had spoilt the feeling or moment that the performers wanna put up.

有時覺得那樣很奇怪。。。但那似乎是這邊的一種文化。

feng said...

well if i'm not from that kinda environment, i'll never get to understand that