wait until dark

"how would you like to do something difficult and terribly dangerous?"

['wait until dark' - terence young, 1967]

tropisms*

"words are the verbal translation of a non-verbal communication"
-nathalie sarraute

[* a scientific term used to describe the natural tendency of plants to grow in the direction of heat and light]

voices of strength

"when i first learned to write for the theatre, i was told that a play had a beginning, a middle, and an end... it was only when i dropped that idea that i allowed myself... to see it as i felt it rather than i thought it should be written" 

-masani alexis de veaux

billy elliot

TUTOR
what does it feel like when you're dancing?

BILLY
i can't really explain it. i haven't got the words. it's a feeling that you can't control. i suppose it's like forgetting. losing who you are. but at the same time something makes you whole. it's like that there's a music playing in your ear. and i'm listening, and i'm listening and then i disappear. and then i feel a change. like a fire deep inside. something bursting me wide open impossible to hide. and suddenly i'm flying, flying like a bird. like electricity, electricity. sparks inside of me. and i'm free, i'm free. it's a bit like being angry. it's a bit like being scared. confused and all mixed up and mad as hell. it's like when you've been crying. and you're empty and you're full. but i don't know what it is. it's hard to tell.

['billy elliot: the musical', - book & lyrics by lee hall, 2005]

conozco a los papas de un billy elliot barcelones. toma ballet clasico. es el unico niño de su clase. sus compañeros del colegio le llaman transexual. llora. sus padres lo escuchan y le explican. que tener un don le hace diferente. que lo diferente asusta. que deje que el miedo lo lleven los otros. tiene ocho años. le gusta bailar. y su pelicula favorita es billy elliot.

urtain

"yo no hablo ingles, porque en ingles solo se decir 'yes'"

(el mejor motivo que conozco para no aprender un idioma)

["urtain" animalario, 2009]

the sound of music

"how do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?"

['the sound of music' musical - london palladium theatre, 2008]

fool for love

 "MAY: it was exactly supper time and they were all sitting down at the table and they were having fried chicken. that's how close we were to the window. we could see what they were eating"

['fool for love' - sam shepard, 1983]