Through his black and white lens, Kaveh Nabatian directs this ravishing number. He follows the band’s frontwoman, Lisa Moore, alongside six dancers as they move gracefully and hide behind their hand-held fans. Exquisitely glamorous? Not quite…
With eyeballs painted onto their eyelids, the performers give out a creepy feel, one that is unsettling and captivating. The surreal makeup and theatrical costumes are made even more powerful through Axelle Munezero’s choreography, which focuses on the dramatic arm movements of waacking combined with the feminine poses of classic burlesque.
As Lisa Moore, puts it: “We wanted to juxtapose really stereotypically attractive women doing these cliché 50s glamorous moves with something modern and creepy. I love juxtapositions that offset clichés, it’s very provocative.”
“The song Hop the Fence is about feeling trapped and forced to be something you are not,” continues Lisa, “All these talented, creative people that Kaveh brought together…Becca Blackwood, Erin Ryan… and Axelle… we were all on the same page. We decided to toy with the idea of first revealing the dancers as cliché hot, then giving them a creepy quality, and then… BAM! We reveal one thing: their amazing TALENT.”
Hello
Happy Summer Bank Holiday Monday from England (along with Guernsey, Jersey, Norther Ireland, and Wales)*
*Scotland had theirs 3 weeks ago
Good morning!
We get NEXT Monday off.
* As is good and proper. Time is coming now for Labour Day, the day on which you (supposedly) don’t do labour. Bonkers.
Moi, it’s off to the family cottage to split a bit more wood. TTTT (that’s “tata ’til tomorrow)
Hello hello! Happy Summer Bank Holiday, Garf!
Hard to believe it’s coming up for Labour Day already. zoom!
True dat.
That video worked to their vision. I enjoy Blood and Glass.
Is anyone else having issues commenting? I keep getting an error code when I try.
Hello again, I have been out all day visiting a friend from my childhood
Hi there. It was looking strange when I came back Janet. I have been away since I commented earlier.
How did it go Garf? I hope it was a lovely visit.
On a non-Canadian music note, I went to see Guns n Roses last night. I must say they put on a great show. Axel seemed sane and still has some good pipes but the highlight for me was Slash. Holy shit that guy can play guitar! I was surprised just how much I enjoyed the show even from our crappy seats.
It went quite well, I hadn’t seen her for 15 years or so and I got to meet her kids for the first time, The best/worst bit was when we came to leave the dog wanted to stay behind, we walked towards the gate he went back in the house,