just last week, i fell in love. I fell in love with the Australian Ballet, I fell in love with beautiful set designs, I fell in love with amazing dancing, and I fell head over heels once again with Romeo and Juliet, and their tragic romance.
I went with Sally, Emmah and Stephanie to see the Australian Ballet's production of Romeo and Juliet last Monday night and began to feel quite fancy sitting second row from the front during their charity 'never before seen' preview of the new choreography.
I have to say i concur with everything dear Sally had to say in her blog about the performance. unfortunately I have not been gifted with poetic articulation like her to be able to describe the production.
What I can tell you is that the ball room scene was beyond beautiful, and i forgot myself for a brief amount of time, lost completely in the movement and tale. The Balcony scene was beyond perfect in its beauty. So perfect in fact that i shed a secret tear, which i quickly covered up. I know, it sounds so lame and cliched, but it really was moving, and I am such an adoring fan of the story of Romeo and Juliet.
for all the laura marling fans that are out there in the universe, you will all know that in the last few days her new album "a creature i don't know" has come out. you will also know how amazing she is. in all honesty this girl is the ultimate of my girl crushes, i just love her, and her new album is no exception. i have found that it is so different from any of hers. it's quite amazing how every album has its own sound, nothing the same (like her own unique musical finger print :) boy oh boy she is cool!)
Here is a sample for you of her absolute amazing talent :) prepare yourself for ultimate squee-age.
now, my aim is not to sound too much like a crazy stalker freak, but once upon a time Sally and I found this amazing band, nobody quite knew who they were so we like to claim them as our own. we joined in the art of hippy and reggae dancing (and like to think we have it down pretty well) and once travelled far and wide to the mystical land that is Ballarat. It was a great trip, we peered through windows to watch them practice (which is when they saw us and possible were a little worried, hehe) and then spent the night in the Karova lounge putting our epic dance skills into action with two middle aged fans. we even mustered up the courage to talk to them, and now i have myself a signed cd. Sally explains this marvellously in her blog story of that fateful night right here :) Then there were the times where they played at both my university, as well as Sally's and once again we were able to show the city of melbourne our uber cool moves. Now they are a bit bigger, and we have stalked them less, but fate shone down on us last saturday evening, with me not having to work and tickets still available at the corner hotel to see our beloved band.
..Yes, i am talking about the one and only Bonjah!
They were amazing, and i remember all the reasons why they were top on our stalking list for some time. While there was less room to bust a move, and more hippies whipping us in the face with there extra long dreaded hair, we still gave it our all with head boppage.
Then they amazingly did a song with the two opening acts Daniel Lee Kendall (who has the most amazing dance moves that can be likened to those of Napoleon Dynamite and possible a robot - yes that does make me love him more) and the Joe Kings. The most amazing song choice for this supergroup was ofcourse "I touch myself" and there is no possible way i could love these guys anymore. It was such a wonderful night, lets do it again!
However the next morning i had to wake up early to set up a market stall at the most wonderful Camberwell Markets (full of trinkets and vintage fair) with the lovely miss Emmah, the sun was shining and you knew that spring was just around the corner (and voila, here it is...the spring has sprung, the grass is ris, i wonder where the birdies is??)
Here is some wonderful Bonjah tuneage so you may also hippy dance your way into this lovely spring weather.
And some of the amazingness that is Daniel Lee Kendall :)
