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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[New York Close Up]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.23,0:00:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WATER DRIPPING]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.62,0:00:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Mika Tajima Wants To Hire Contortionists"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.60,0:00:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[OMINOUS DRUM BEAT]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.57,0:00:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The volume is really good...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.83,0:00:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[OMINOUS DRUM BEAT]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.82,0:00:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nice to meet you, thanks for coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.73,0:00:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m so excited.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.77,0:00:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry I'm a few minutes late.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.44,0:00:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.20,0:00:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Mika Tajima--Artist]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.54,0:00:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, I thought we’d just try some abstract short clips of you doing some initial moves...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.54,0:00:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tony Mitchell--Contortionist]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.71,0:00:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think Christopher is going to get here at four.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.37,0:00:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ll just work...we’ll work just with you solo if that’s okay. Just do a couple moves and shapes and whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.35,0:00:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever you need.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.82,0:01:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[OMINOUS DRUM BEAT]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.94,0:01:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Two Months Earlier]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.99,0:01:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[At Mika's Studio]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.87,0:01:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.95,0:01:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.18,0:01:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Mika is talking to her gallery]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.28,0:01:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there’s like these ergonomic chairs that are going to be part of the installation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.50,0:02:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.12,0:02:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sort of like doing sort of dance type thing, and I was looking online.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.65,0:02:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are these different websites for like contortionists united, and people who are amateurs that just want to like showcase their flexibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.60,0:02:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.00,0:02:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.10,0:02:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you want to put your coat in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.98,0:02:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should we try a little sort of dry run rehearsal thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.54,0:02:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christopher Bousquet--Contortionist
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.30,0:02:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See the rhythm of the two of you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.19,0:02:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.69,0:02:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See what happens? Okay, cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.83,0:03:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[OMINOUS DRUM BEAT]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.65,0:03:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, when you see some of the poses, they really look like the chairs. You know the chairs I have?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.69,0:03:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I like that they’ve become like almost like a sculptural element to the show.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.28,0:03:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think it’ll be cool, but you know like budget wise, is that something that seems feasible? Possible?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.32,0:03:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come in, come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.96,0:03:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.80,0:03:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.01,0:03:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like it and I love the paper panels.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.39,0:03:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.72,0:04:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[OMINOUS DRUMMING]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.01,0:05:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[OMINOUS DRUMMING GROWING LOUDER]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.80,0:05:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[APPLAUSE]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.36,0:05:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was ama...that was like a circus, that was amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.90,0:05:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Close up and personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.35,0:05:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where did you find them?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.34,0:05:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contortionists United social networking site.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.88,0:05:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.69,0:05:54.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it’s...this is really simple like half hour performance, I think. So that’s the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.59,0:06:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mmm hmm, yeah. Yeah, cool.