Lisa Porter, October 8 Future Perfect
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| Porter says her programme notes that Klee's Angelus Novus sparked some of Bruton's inspiration for the costumes. |
Lisa Porter is to be commended for assembling such a
talented crew. Lori Clarke was
both a collaborator/performer and was responsible for the score. Her fellow collaborator/performer was
Andrea Tucker. Now, who was the
human and whom the angel? They
were both lyrical and yet strong–an aspect that was enhanced by Kelly Bruton's
timeless costumes. I was reminded
of images of Diana the huntress with both flowing robes and armor.
There is an
intriguing quality of conflict here: the angel blown from Paradise, wings
wounded, backwards into the future.
Porter's choreography and the improvisational nature of this piece leave
a lot of ambiguity, fertile grey shadows or room for our imaginations.
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| Walter Benjamin is also quoted in the program see the tattoo for the quote. |
The St. John's Vocal Exploration Gatherings under the
direction of Chris Tonelli was also a very strong presence in this
production. So much so that if I
had one temptation to resist while viewing Future Perfect it was the desire to
close my eyes so that I could better concentrate on the choir sounds, which
were simply ravishing.
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