“Many have used Shakespeare’s work as a vessel to portray their own traditions and creativity in order to catch up with the times. We are no different. When traditional opera is gradually losing its audience, how do we renew the value of this performance art?”
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“We didn’t change the story background or the characters’ names. The 21st-century world is borderless – everyone already knows the story. We wanted to authentically show the richness of Julius Caesar and to directly insert our performance art in a Western theatre context.”
“That’s why many of my costumes still have water sleeves,” he adds. In Chinese opera, water sleeves are silk extensions to the cuff of garments used to produce ripple-like movements and represent different emotions.
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The Peking opera version of Julius Caesar will introduce a new character – a modern-day scholar documenting ancient Roman ruins with a digital camera.
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Kintsugi is the art of decorating your scars with pieces of Agni.
In the Fire Nation, the amount of golden marks are a sign of status. Only the Royal Family can afford to seal every single wound with Kintsugi. Such is the weight of this tradition that, among the ones with Agni's blood, it is the highest mark of dishonor to have a natural scar, for it proves you aren't worthy of the privilege.
After the Agni Kai, Ozai forbid Zuko's scar to be sealed with Kintsugi. The boy wasn't worth his title, his traditions or his pride. Zuko would be broken, but he wouldn't be beautiful. Not anymore.
(And sometimes it's easier to pretend he never was)
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Tinúviel was dancing there to music of a pipe unseen. And light of stars was in her hair and in her raiment, glimmering.
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fish fear me. women also fear me. i am god's favorite princess 🫧
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logistically speaking i feel like price is the best one to ask for sparring tips? he’s been in the game for longer than the other 141 members and even the few extra years are important when it comes to experience
he’s gone up against every sort of enemy you could imagine; he’d be able to tell you how to use your size and height to your advantage – how to take down people, how to incapacitate them
and he’d be pretty good with encouragement and telling you what you’re doing right, but also giving pointers on fixing your stance or whatever else needs to be corrected
he’d never go easy, because he knows you won’t learn anything otherwise and you’re definitely not getting the edge over him until at least a couple of times of getting your ass handed to you
and then just out of frustration you ask him if he has any weaknesses, not expecting any worthwhile answer from him
until he gives a cheeky smile and says “only one. you.”
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I needed to see Jake more in this outfit 🥺😭 Lowkey wanted more RDA jake moments training in his Avatar. Also I'm a slut for rolled up sleeves 😔
But just imagine doing the nasty with jake in this outfit 🤐
Just look at his arms 💀 those veins ...
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punk spot and goth sarah stuff 🫰
i also made playlists of the kind of music i think they'd listen to :') you can listen to spot's here. most tracks fall under the hardcore subgenre, but there's also a good amount of ska and pop. generally has a chaotic, garage, and/or dated kind of sound, really wanted the kind of stuff that scratches my brain in a specific, rough way
there's also sarah's playlist, which i'm less confident about because i'm wayyy more immersed in punk subculture and music. but. i tried! some gothic rock, mostly punkabilly and gothabilly. i feel like she'd be into music that has that campy slasher feel, so that's the overall mood i was gunning for
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