'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe, Southern Cape Zebra
- Created by: Phoebes
- Created on: 02-06-14 15:06
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- Southern Cape Zebra
- Costume
- Ladies
- Wear same colours - black and white
- Glamorous, shiny satin cocktail dresses
- Bodice is sleeveless, tight fitting and plunge necked.
- Waistline is asymmetric
- Full, mid-length skirt, patterned with zebra effect: stripes, and it flares out and enhances the movements with its fluid folds
- Black and white feather boa draped across shoulders
- Flesh coloured tights and black high-heeled patent shoes
- Long evening gloves (ending above the elbow)
- Draw attention to the arm gestures
- Glamorous, shiny satin cocktail dresses
- Deers skull on head
- All women are identically dressed, including the wigs
- Cold aloof appearance
- Pale skin, red lipstick and dark eyes
- Wear same colours - black and white
- Zebra
- Tight fitting, lycra bodysuit that covers his whole body
- White and black stripes
- Realistic - zebra like
- Accentuate shape of human body
- Tight fitting, lycra bodysuit that covers his whole body
- White and black stripes
- Realistic - zebra like
- Accentuate shape of human body
- Graceful appearance
- Stripes in lower legs fade into black ankles, the hands and wrists are also disguised
- Dancer is free to move and highlights the supple shapes - it gives a clear outline and visibility
- White and black stripes
- Graceful appearance
- Tight fitting, lycra bodysuit that covers his whole body
- Stripes in lower legs fade into black ankles, the hands and wrists are also disguised
- Dancer is free to move and highlights the supple shapes - it gives a clear outline and visibility
- White and black stripes
- No headmask - neck, ears and face are painted to match his coat
- Allows fast circular movements of head
- head covered with Mohican style hair - a mane; this continues down his back and ends in short tail that hangs down
- In hands has two long tassles of straw-coloured hair
- Attached to wrists
- They add movement by giving a realistic sense of twitching of a horse's mane.
- Tight fitting, lycra bodysuit that covers his whole body
- Ladies
- Set design
- Black curtain at beginning - partially open to frame dancer in first few moves
- Following this the curtains are slowly drawn back to reveal whole backdrop
- Colours are shades of red, pink, lilac and mauve.
- In the background there are small, delicate, dark trees
- Hazy look suggests heat of the scene in Africa
- Black curtain at beginning - partially open to frame dancer in first few moves
- Lighting
- Initially low intensity on the centrally framed zebra
- Makes the zebra only partially visible against backdrop
- Stripes on stage
- Suggest zebra stripes
- Could be catwalk for models
- Circular spotlight follows zebra throughout and highlights his death
- Initially low intensity on the centrally framed zebra
- Accompaniment
- Brass and wind open section
- Long notes
- A second tune is played underneath
- By percussion, they join stings in playing short notes and it is repetative
- African influence
- Jolly sound which contrasts with first tune
- By percussion, they join stings in playing short notes and it is repetative
- Builds to climax and there is then gunshot
- One by one the instruments fade away
- Brass and wind open section
- Costume
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