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Alex O'Brien Feldman, who describes his occupation as "court jester," is using CCTV's facilities to produce a five-minute segment to air in December using footage from his street performances in Japan last summer...
PROFILE: Renaissance Jester...
...vintage Rudnick -- a party wine with a bouquet of sentiment and the kick of rude truth. To the tart social wit of gay writers from Oscar Wilde to Joe Orton he adds irrepressible high spirits -- a tonic when so much of literature has the terminal glums. This Renaissance jester is a yea-sayer, a missionary for joy. "Usually when I'm asked why I write," says Rudnick, 35, "I reply, 'To avoid a day job.' But the truth is that there are people in real life I want to honor. It's easy to write about despair. It's tough...
...dance at the ball, the court jester's wild leaps and pirouettes, and two pas de deuxs between Prince and Cinderella punctuate the second and third Acts. In the ballroom dance, 12 couples richly dressed in deep crimson embroidered with gold, intricately and rhythmically weave through the space. The court jester, performed by Daniel Meja, captivated the audience with his surprising and sly movement, expressing through dance a complex wit. Lastly, Prince Charming, performed by Lazlo Berdo, penetrated the space with his deep chaussees and powerful tour jetes. Despite his technical expertise, his movements felt princely stiff, counterbalancing Cinderella...
Cinderella offers a unique involvement with a fairy tale deeply embedded in all of us. The interplay between drama and dance, gender and jester leaves the viewer with a new and deeper sense of the fairy tale and its possibilities...