This is a random factoid of interesting things in life.
I’ve always been a big fan of Fischerspooner. I first saw them live in Houston, TX at Numbers. The perfect small venue to see a group such as them perform in.
It was a Sunday night and I had to teach early in the morning. But, for these guys, it was worth it. Casey, a performing tease the entire evening left the udience craving and begging for more. We were screaming, sweating, and begging for him to come back on stage for an encore. After all, he hadn’t done ‘Emerge’ yet!
Well, he did in fact come back on stage for Emerge, but only if WE would go nuts, tear our clothes off and become wild. Yes Casey. We will do this for you. Anything.
And we did.
The crowd begged and we obliged one another. Performer to audience sharing the kind of energy together you can only achieve in a live performance.
SOOOOOO……it was with great honor 2 years later he returned to Houston with a new show and I was interviewed to be a dancer for him. *giggle*
And I was.
And it rocked.
And I hung out with him in his trailer after…just him and I. (now-don’t let your minda wander too much-it wasn’t really about that)
He was not who I expeted him to be in person at all. He was vulnerable and uncrtain of the new show, and wanted MY feedback.
So, I was honest.
It wasn’t the same show as before (really? Las Vegas Elvis costumes?!) Come on Casey!!!! You can do better than this!!!!!
I was honest, and honesty does not have to be hurtful when approached with good forethought, and is a constructive dialogue.
It was an amazing evening, and I’m happy to say I was one of his dancers for an evening, despite the change in show format.
If anything I learned, as a director and performer, if you’ve got it down right, you can convince your audience to do ANYTHING.
Including convincing a pair of Elementary school teachers, to shed their clothing and dance at 2am on a (technically) Monday morning.
