This is the story I imagine...
There is a woman getting ready for a night out with her husband...she stands in front of a mirror. puts read lipstick on. straightens out her dress. arranges her hair just how he likes it. she shows some skin. just for him to notice. He comes in from work...just ready to explode from guilt. He is angry when he sees her. All because anger is the easiest thing for a man to feel. He wonders what the hell she is all dressed up for, since he doesn't even think she is beautiful anymore. Tells her to take off that awful lipstick...take down that hair..and then he tells her
that he couldnt help himself
that it is what it is
so simple.
he has fallen in love with someone else.
shrugging his shoulders.
shrugging off the blame.
and she...
looks herself over.
she knows that after all these years
after her body carrying his child
after she has molded into only his wife...she knows she is ruined. no other man will love her.
she has already been too worn.
and he wants to wash his hands of them. or her. for it all to disappear. so that he can move on.
all spotless and new. he resents her.
she wants to be numb so she doesn't have to feel the pain. or the loneliness. or the reality of being done. of being old and unloved.
she looks to him to make her feel okay.
and he just wants her to feel okay.
so that he can walk away
without feeling guilty.
Here is the video and watch the different movements. You can see where the poem goes with the movements. I really like this dance because I think it explains what a lot of women go through. A man does something wrong and then tries to make the woman or wife feel bad about it, like its her fault. The man then tries to make her feel better, so he can feel better about the bad thing he has done, not for the sake of the woman.
Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpgwf6qjZhc
Enjoy!
1 comments:
I don't know very much about dance, but I liked the video. I really liked the song that was playing, it was really pretty and haunting.
The dance does a good job of portraying in the movement the conflicted relationship between the man and the woman. You can really see the man controlling the woman in the relationship. Even though he hurts her, she keeps coming back to him and taking him back. My guess is that it's because they have history or because she feels she'd be unlovable to someone else if she leaves.
It's sad, but I feel like this happens too often.
Post a Comment