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New York Close Up

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[WATER DRIPPING]

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"Mika Tajima Wants To Hire Contortionists"

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[OMINOUS DRUM BEAT]

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The volume is really good...

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[OMINOUS DRUM BEAT]

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Nice to meet you, thanks for coming.

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I’m so excited.

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Sorry I'm a few minutes late.

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Come on in.

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Mika Tajima--Artist

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Uh, I thought we’d just try some abstract short clips of you doing some initial moves...

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Tony Mitchell--Contortionist

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And I think Christopher is going to get here at four.

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We’ll just work...we’ll work just with you solo if that’s okay. Just do a couple moves and shapes and whatever.

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Whatever you need.

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Two Months Earlier

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At Mika's Studio

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Yeah, yeah.

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Well basically, you know how a lot of the themes in the show is like about how the body is being controlled by the environment or sort of different elements, modern elements.

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Mika is talking to her gallery

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So there’s like these ergonomic chairs that are going to be part of the installation.

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So... that got me thinking about what you know the body can do and whatever and so I started thinking like oh, it would be really cool if there’s a...a salon where there was like a yoga person and a contortionist.

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Sort of like doing sort of dance type thing, and I was looking online.

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There are these different websites for like contortionists united, and people who are amateurs that just want to like showcase their flexibility.

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I think that could be kind of a cool performance idea but I first wanted to run it by you guys and see if that’s a possibility.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Do you want to put your coat in here.

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Should we try a little sort of dry run rehearsal thing?

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Christopher Bousquet--Contortionist

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See the rhythm of the two of you?

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See what happens.

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See what happens? Okay, cool.

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[OMINOUS DRUM BEAT]

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Yeah, when you see some of the poses, they really look like the chairs. You know the chairs I have?

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So I like that they’ve become like almost like a sculptural element to the show.

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So I think it’ll be cool, but you know like budget wise, is that something that seems feasible? Possible?

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Come in, come in.

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I like it.

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Thank you!

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I like it and I love the paper panels.

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Thank you.

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[OMINOUS DRUMMING GROWING LOUDER]

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[APPLAUSE]

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That was ama...that was like a circus, that was amazing.

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Close up and personal.

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Where did you find them?

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Contortionists United social networking site.

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I mean I...I’m confident about installation and the work itself but just to insert one small gesture of like this performative element in the show I think is important.

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So it’s...this is really simple like half hour performance, I think. So that’s the idea.

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Mmm hmm, yeah. Yeah, cool.