Path 2007 scene 4

Scene 4 is the halfway point, and thus is the scene where a shifting balance becomes most important as the light-hearted Frech version of the fairy tale used in scenes 1-3 is abandoned in favor of the German version for scenes 5-7. Red has taken off her cape, while Wolf has lost his facial hair. Red has matured into a woman, and is flirting with Wolf. The path has decayed, as the two have blurred it by going on and off of it, with Red purposefully kicking the leaves around in a gesture of welcoming a divergence from the straight and narrow. Wolf is showing even more pronounced signs of losing his ability to maintain his decorum, and is having difficulty speaking. Dance is just as important in this scene as the spoken word, and from this point forward there will be more movement than speaking, as Wolf gradually loses his ability to talk. He is progressively more aggressive, but Red does take control of the situation a few times. The physical contact between the two sublimates from uncomfortable to provocative, with Red becoming more comfortable and welcoming Wolf's touch, even tempting him to tempt her more. The soundscore is diminished to a single bird call, which sounds more like a call to alarm than anything pleasant. The video on the screen behind the performance is especially important: Red's cape was designed to look like a womb when closed around her, and in the video she is reborn as a sexually mature woman and sheds the childish cape.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Jack Kirven
• Annie Vereen
• Viscera Dance Theatre
• Viscera
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Big Bad Wolf
• Modern Dance
• Dance