Not Even a Hip Shot: ‘Born of a Fairytale’
Born of a Fairytale
The Shop – at Fort Fringe
Remaining performances:
Saturday, July 18th @ 12:45 pm
Sunday, July 19th @ 4:30 pm
They say: A mix of dark fairytales, dance fever and a character caught between reality and fantasy who realizes she doesn’t particularly like either. What happens to happily ever after if the girl grooves her way to rescuing herself?
Chris says: This show wasn’t on my official blogging itinerary, so I’ll keep this brief. This one-woman show is fun and ultra-kinetic: Every imaginable detail of the story that can be turned into motion is turned into motion. There are elements of mime, dance theater, and plain-old groovin’ to the music.
See it if: You like watching Shrek, or aerobics videos.
Skip it if: The analogy of a girl who loses her voice to a woman in a bad relationship (or two, or three) makes you want to switch the channel to Spike.
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2:38 pm
Saw “Born of a Fairytale” on Saturday and it was awesome. Eli Sibley took well-known fairytales and wove them together into a magical journey with great music, emotion and fabulous dance moves. Recommend it highly.
11:26 am
Eli Sibley is an extremely talented performer. Seeing her show made me wonder, though–why this story? I kept wanting to see more of a personal connection instead of just good acting.