Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China
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My dance studio is performing for CNTV's Chinese New Year Gala! 50 of us are arriving backstage at The Sony Center for the Performing Arts, a major, professional theater in Toronto. Call time isn't until 8, so until then I'll be wandering around backstage gawking like a fucking awe-struck tourist... because I am a fucking awe struck tourist. This is fucking cool.
Xin nian kuai le!
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Fucking sparkle and shine, baby!
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@lorne-kates
I get a trans-hooker vibe ...
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There's 50 of us. They gave us a dressing room for 8. So we've taken over a green room. If anyone asks, we're allowed to be here.
Or at least no one told us we couldn't be here.
Just keep your mouth shut, okay?
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Um, actually, you couldn't have "Everybody Dance, Now". Because of relativity, there is no single frame of reference that "everybody" could call "now"
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Um, I think I'm going to go lock the door to the kids dressing room...
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@lorne-kates That's exactly how I always pictured you.
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Sidenote: if anyone is in Toronto and wants tickets, let me know. We've got a pile of comp tickets for the otherwise sold-out show. They're nose bleed, but my understanding is any ticket to this thing is coveted. Given all 3191 tickets are gone, that must be true.
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@captain said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
@lorne-kates That's exactly how I always pictured you.
Fab. U. Lous.
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@lorne-kates I like how your avatar matches your face.
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Hmm, I wonder something. Hey @cheong ... I forget, are you in China? If so, is this thing airing on a channel you get?
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@captain said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
@lorne-kates I like how your avatar matches your face.
most people's faces look carved out and emptied of the goo inside after I meet them
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@luhmann said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
@lorne-kates
I get a trans-hooker vibe ...It's a dance studio, so just regular vanilla gay.
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There's more sequence in this room than a studio's worth of dancers in costume in green room.
Hmm... Or exactly the quantity of sequence as a studio's worth of dancers in costume in a green room.
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Because it is a picture of a studio's worth of dancers in sequence costumes in a green room.
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@lorne-kates Do you mean to say "sequence" (an ordered series) or "sequins" (shiny things found on costumes)?
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@lorne-kates said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
There's more sequence in this room than a studio's worth of dancers in costume in green room.
E_NO_GREEN
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@lorne-kates said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
Looks like two evenings.
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@coldandtired A ticket only buys you one.
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@coldandtired said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
Looks like two evenings.
It's called time dilation.
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@masonwheeler said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
@lorne-kates Do you mean to say "sequence" (an ordered series) or "sequins" (shiny things found on costumes)?
Mobile, you plain-looking, non-shiny fuckboard
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@japonicus said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
@lorne-kates said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
There's more sequence in this room than a studio's worth of dancers in costume in green room.
E_NO_GREEN
Other group, doing backup dancing for some singer
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Waiting for tech rehearsal!
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And we're back in the hall again, at 4:30pm, waiting for out 3pm rehearsal. #LiveTheater
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They've now stuffed us all into the theater. There's s guy with a megaphone shouting at everyone in Manderine. People applaud every now an then, so I do too.
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Five minutes of taking. One of dance mates translated. He basically said "thank you everyone"
Five minutes.
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Now there's a different guy shouting. Apparently it's a pep talk. Something about "we will persevere"... They are saying people in China believe (? ) there's a US funded group of agent provocateur who always try to disrupt and shame big festivals and new years celebrations. But we won't let them!
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So apparently this thing is being live steamed. I'll see if I can get the link. It starts 8pm and we are 7th number (everybody dance now)
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I think streaming is thru their site
There's a video box, so I assume that's it? There's also a cntv app for android and ios. Can't check, bc all these people are overloading the theater shitty Wi-Fi
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Okay, so here's a shot of a different large group, about the same size as ours. They're going a song and drum thing. They're all standing still. I want to just post that, because you'll see in my next post...
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Zoom on my camera sucks, but that guy... There's going to be a steadicam on stage with us. 50 dancers spinning and kicking on a full stage, and no tech rehearsal. That guy is fuuuuuucked.
The tv broadcast is going to be close up, close up, THUNK CRASH shot of ceiling
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Someone keeps jostling this rope, and everytime it moves it's making me fucking nervous.
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@lorne-kates said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
Hmm, I wonder something. Hey @cheong ... I forget, are you in China? If so, is this thing airing on a channel you get?
I live in Hong Kong and we don't see CNTV channel here.
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@lorne-kates said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
Now there's a different guy shouting. Apparently it's a pep talk. Something about "we will persevere"... They are saying people in China believe (? ) there's a US funded group of agent provocateur who always try to disrupt and shame big festivals and new years celebrations. But we won't let them!
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OMFG THEY'RE CATERING!!! STEAMED BUNS!!!
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@ben_lubar forget the Dragon-fighting dorfs I found something you'll love
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@lorne-kates FTFY
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Finally did the tech rehearsal. There are people who need to go off stage left and re enter stage right. The stage is 50' wide... another 10' added for each wing... and the to the back of the stage is another 20' each way. So some people have to hoof it over 100', in the dark, with a dozen other people... in 2 measures.
DANCING!
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@cheong said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
@lorne-kates said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
Hmm, I wonder something. Hey @cheong ... I forget, are you in China? If so, is this thing airing on a channel you get?
I live in Hong Kong and we don't see CNTV channel here.
Your city sucks.
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I couldn't resist making a couple more of these
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Five minutes till call time!
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Opening is live now. We're number 7
I believe number 5 is a singer doing cover of uptown funk, and her backup dancers are the kids class.
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I'm blue dabba dee dabba da
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Today's show is sponsored by Rocket Pop Popsicles
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We're next!
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Omfg done! Huge fucking roar! Amazing!
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@lorne-kates said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
So apparently this thing is being live steamed.
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@hungrier said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
@lorne-kates said in Lorne is at a giant theater performing for all of China:
So apparently this thing is being live steamed.
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Chinese knockoff John Oliver is very famous and pleased
