very helpful website

www.theatrenohgaku.org

blog together. stay together.

lady han! this is gonna be epic. i can't wait to see all of our ideas come together! and to share my sentiments, here is beyonce singing about something that i know lady haha would identify with.

"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo.

A little Dolly Parton guidance

Haha. Maybe a great way to start off OUR show. Lindsay?

Kick-off post!

Here are some jumping off points for brainstorming, based on what I think so far about Lady Han:

- Conventions of Noh drama are useful.

- I have no problem with our show not resembling "Lady Han." No one knows the play anyway!

- Let's not wear masks.

- Americana everything... some possibilities...

Movement: Line Dancing

Character: Drag — over-the-top "performed" genders (eg. RuPaul, Dolly Parton, Mariah Carey, The Rock)

Atmosphere: Pacific North West... something woodsy... Twin Peaks

Sound/Time: particular, slow, live (perhaps this will be the most "Japanese" element??)

Song: Sacred Harp

- Lastly, I'm open to adding secondary "texts" at this point... perhaps something about Christmas, since our play takes place in the Autumn and has an "All I want for Christmas is You" undertone.