Sad Girl Dancing in the Rain

Performance Art: Art in which the medium is the artist's own
body and the artwork takes the form of actions performed by the artist.
Words in form of spoken word, poetry, monologue, dance or movement can be utilized. Performance art has origins in Futurism and Dada,can be seen as a branch of Conceptual art. In this piece from LJEI,
the performer is experimenting with dance and movement to some Lankan drama songs.
---------
Thushari comments "I really
love the rain. As a little kid I remember wanting to bathe in the rain and did. In this piece, I use, dancing in the rain as a symbol 'kumata the sobaniye kandulu salaney' -why do you cry-asks the song( i wanted to do this piece in the rain, and wanted to use this song because it is also about hopes, and dreams that are fragile-Notice that it is not warm soft rain, but it is harsh cold rain)
rain then becomes the symbol of tears and cleansing. I utilized free movement & just facing the rain=
facing life and depicts the character waiting- where the line between the rain and tears blur where the sad song begins,and it could relate to my own mood at the time or just general sad situations we face, and emotions we might go through when there is no resolution. this is just is, life is just is and sometimes it is only you out there moving in or facing the rain"

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• rain
• dance
• thushari
• performance
• art
• movement
• metaphor

[1781353]

Beautiful dance!

Is the song Sinhalese?

[livejellyvision]

yes, several mix of sinhalese drama songs

[Deathalert4U]

weird?

[livejellyvision]

it's performance art. interpretive dance and movement!

[bennyagp]

YIKES! lol

[purpletycoon]

interesting....i love the rain too!

[danny1229c]

ok i'm just waiting for her to go go flying lol

[258870]

I like it :)

[TAMILSORG]

mara puka..

[nawalage2001]

lol