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Jacqueline 09:54 pm UTC 09/22/10 |
| In reply to: | Antwerp - Dans der Vampieren - SandraZ 06:48 am UTC 09/21/10 |
| Thanks for taking the time to write this. I sent it off to Jim and I'm sure he'll love reading it. You've got a great personality, Sandra. (And you're so pretty - complete package.) I really enjoyed the weekend and your company!!! Love, JD > Hi all, > > Wrote this last night. I should have been making myself > dinner, but I was totally uninspired... At least, I think > you can call it that when you only stare at your fridge's > content. So why not share some thoughts on Dans der > Vampieren? My apologies to those who hate long posts. > > Let me start by saying I really enjoyed it. Not quite as > good as the German ones I've seen so far, but as someone > said during the weekend: we are spoiled. Besides, I'm > already happy getting to hear Jim's music preformed live. > ;) And the Steinfans are also great company! > > Now, costumes and decors have already been mentioned. And > I'm not having an opinion about the dancing. Honestly, I'm > already impressed when people can reach their toes without > bending their knees. :D > > The translation. I liked it. I heard no annoying words or > sentences. Although, I have to admit that translating > 'komisch' (in Tot zu sein ist komisch) to 'ironisch' is > somewhat bothering me. Being dead is ironic? I don't know. > But it's a tough one to translate and 'ironisch' is a word > with soms nice vowels to sing. Maybe it'll grow on me. > > > --------------------- > GRAAF VON KROLOCK - Hans Peter Janssens > This man is a really, really good singer! His CV from the > past 20 years tells me others had already noticed. ;-) > Powerful voice. He managed to do the last long note of Die > Unstilbare Gier on an 'ee' (that vowel sounds like the > 'He' from He Ho Professor) and made it sound easy. I found > that impressive. I also could understand every word he > sang. > On the downside, he doesn't make the most handsome Von > Krolock. O well. > > BTW I watched an interview with Janssens. He feels really > passionate about Jim's music for Tanz. The music was the > reason why he dreamed of playing this role. When he > started talking about the music, his face lit up: "First > this instrument, then comes in a second layer and then > another one, and another one... it builds up and then you > suddenly notice a musical line you hadn't heard before." > So, one very happy man. ;-) > > > SARAH - Anne van Opstal > She was nice, good vocals. Has that cute, young girl-thing > going on. Crossed the line to overacting a couple of > times. Which I only found annoying at the end, after she > bit Alfred. You see, my mind has it's own will and it puts > on the weirdest tunes when it feels like it. So I had to > listen to a tune from Spamalot. Just one sentence in a > loop: "we'll overact like hell" (from A song that goes > like this). Thankfully my mind got distracted by the > finale. ;) > > > PROFESSOR ABRONSIUS - Sebastien de Smet > A decent professor. He does still struggle a little with > the lyrics in Wahrheit. I saw the show two times, but > there were parts I just couldn't make any sense of. > Granted it's a lot of text to be sung at high speed! So > take a moment to really admire Gernot Kranner. > > > CHAGAL - Frank Hoelen > Doing a good job. And stays calm when things go wrong. > Like; when you're supposed to hammer a nail into wood with > four loud bangs and at the moment supreme the hammer falls > out of your hand. Or when they are supposed to lay your > dead and frozen body on a table... but the table almost > falls over and you can only hope nobody will drop you, as > you're not supposed to move a muscle because well, you're > dead and frozen. > > > ALFRED - Niels Jacobs > > "Dear people of Stage Entertainment, > > When you finally, finally, finally realize you need to > bring Tanz to The Netherlands (maybe even improve some of > the lyrics, choose one of your theaters -let's say the one > in The Hague- and confiscate the Stuttgart sets and > costumes the second the Germans are finished with it), > then there will be no need to start looking for an Alfred > on tv. > > We have already found him. > > So please come to your senses before Niels is 45 years > old?" > > > MAGDA - Goele de Raedt > Didn't really like her voice for the first act (which is > just personal taste) Once she's a vampire, it's a powerful > voice in the right place. > > > HERBERT - Michaël Zanders > Now there's a voice I like! > Ok, I've seen Tanz a few times, I know the story. But I'm > always curious at what moment the rest of the audience > discovers the son is gay. This one appears in the doorway, > opens his cape showing a light pink costume and sings two > words 'Eindelijk iemand...', takes a couple of steps over > to Alfred... and the audience starts laughing. For me that > collective AHA-moment is what makes it even better. ;) > > > And finally, the nameless vampire that starts Carpe > Noctem. The program gives me no clue as to who it is, but > I liked him very much. > > > ------------------- > > Always great moments in this musical: Starker als wir > sind, the final minute of the first act (for me the build > up to the closing castle door alone is worth the 70 euro's > ;)), Carpe Noctem, Fur Sarah, Ewigkeit and Tanz der > Vampire. > > For the Dutch... there's a Hyvespage for Tanz: > tanzdervampire.hyves.nl > Reports by Tanz-obsessed people who travel Antwerp three > times a week and give you their opinion on what the cast > needs to do to make the next show even better. > > > One last thing: in his program preface Geert Allaert > (creative director Musical van Vlaanderen) says something > along the lines of: > "Dans der Vampieren is proof musical isn't art for > 'watjes' (wimps). And this musical wasn't made by > 'watjes'... Four great man made it happen. > > The music has originated from the just as genius musical > mind of composer Jim Steinman, the man behind Meatloaf and > Bonnie Tyler. He made it a rock musical. > " > > We can only hope Jim will take the "being just as genius > as Polanski" as a compliment... ;-) > > > > Sandra > So, no dinner for me last night. However, today things are > looking up as I suddenly feel inspired: EGGS! :-D | |
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