The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #149393   Message #3476040
Posted By: GUEST,Jon Heslop
05-Feb-13 - 09:44 AM
Thread Name: Molly Dancing
Subject: RE: BS: Molly Dancing
Whatever the ins and outs of how "authentic" Molly Dancing is (or isn't), the "Festival Moment" for me at Sidmouth last year was watching 7 Champions dance to an unaccompanies female voice quietly singing "Lillie Marlene" in the half light of dusk outside the Anchor. Beautiful, powerful, graceful (yes I'm still talking about the 7 Champions!) precise and everything that a performance should be. Authentic or not, it achieved the goal of every performance in any field of the arts which is to emotionally engage the audience. A totally unforgettable moment for me and a lot of others around me at the time no doubt.