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“The noblest art is the nude. Only the movement of the naked body can be perfectly natural. Nudeness is truth, it is beauty, it is art. Therefore, it can never be vulgar; it can never be immoral... my body is the temple of my art. I expose it as a shrine for the worship of beauty.”
Isadora Duncan

WASTED BODIES pays homage to the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, especially his work A Season in Hell and to the Greek views on the beauty of the human body. The main preoccupation of the show is the human body – its ownership before and after death,

“When I die, they can take the whole lot, heart, lung, liver, kidney, genitals...
but I don’t want my eyes to be dug out...the sheer possibility that some living bastard could see you with my reanimated gaze makes me want to throw up.”

It is a series of monologues, or rather colourful vignettes, about being in love with somebody unobtainable and being in lust with a body you cannot have. This assemblage of different monologues provides a lonely alienation which is, in a way, a critique of ‘modern’ society. Nobody can deny that loneliness is one of the greatest illnesses of the 21st Century. It is a show about fading honeymoons, duality, the fluids, the solids, life, desire & damage, exposure & deconstruction and the fact that “beauty is truth” and “truth is beauty”.

“Get dressed, happy, sadness.”

The Baptism scene, which mirrors the one in Rimbaud’s Bad Blood, provides a symbolic symmetry and acts as the main catalyst for the climax of the show:

“Do I understand nature ?
Do I understand myself ?
No more words.

I can’t even imagine the hour when the white men land and I will fall into nothingness
Thirst and hunger - Shouts - Dance Dance Dance Dance

The white men are landing - Cannons
Now we must be baptised
get dressed
and go to work...”

“Today”, Rimbaud wrote in 1873, “I will be able to possess the truth within one body and one soul... Today, I know how to celebrate beauty.” I will quote him on that one!

Boxer : ADAM DAVIES
Isabella : VICTORIA GILDER
Soldier : DENNIS JOHNS
Adulteress : JENNY LORD
Archy : CHARLES MOLONEY
Ophelie (Bride) : DUSKA RADOSAVLJEVIC

Director : GEORGE RODOSTHENOUS
Producer : JENNY LORD
Assistant to the Director : EMILY MANN
Assistant to the Producer : EMILY MANN
Movement Director : GIGAR DAS
Lighting Design : BECKY PAGE & KATIE FULLER
Assis. Lighting Designer: GEORGE GISBORNE
Stage Management : JAMES SMITH
Costumes : ELEANOR BATTIE
Set Designer : JOHN BEDWELL & OLIVIA MANN
Publicity : ELEANOR BATTIE
Poster Design : GARETH ROBERTS
Photos : GEORGE BACOUST
Musical Director : DAVID LALE
Musicians : GABRIELLA BYDER , RICHARD KERSHAW, DAVID LALE and MATTHEW WATTS

MUSIC BY : David Lale, N. Ferrer, Adi Ludovic, Matthew Watts and Gabriel Yared.

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	Wasted Bodies A Homage to Arthur Rimbaud 14-15-16-17 November 2001 WESTERN CAMPUS THEATRE HYDE PARK, LEEDS Director's Note “The noblest art is the nude. Only the movement of the naked body can be perfectly natural. Nudeness is truth, it is beauty, it is art. Therefore, it can never be vulgar; it can never be immoral... my body is the temple of my art. I expose it as a shrine for the worship of beauty.” Isadora Duncan WASTED BODIES pays homage to the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, especially his work A Season in Hell and to the Greek views on the beauty of the human body. The main preoccupation of the show is the human body – its ownership before and after death, “When I die, they can take the whole lot, heart, lung, liver, kidney, genitals... but I don’t want my eyes to be dug out...the sheer possibility that some living bastard could see you with my reanimated gaze makes me want to throw up.” It is a series of monologues, or rather colourful vignettes, about being in love with somebody unobtainable and being in lust with a body you cannot have. This assemblage of different monologues provides a lonely alienation which is, in a way, a critique of ‘modern’ society. Nobody can deny that loneliness is one of the greatest illnesses of the 21st Century. It is a show about fading honeymoons, duality, the fluids, the solids, life, desire & damage, exposure & deconstruction and the fact that “beauty is truth” and “truth is beauty”. “Get dressed, happy, sadness.” The Baptism scene, which mirrors the one in Rimbaud’s Bad Blood, provides a symbolic symmetry and acts as the main catalyst for the climax of the show: “Do I understand nature ? Do I understand myself ? No more words. I can’t even imagine the hour when the white men land and I will fall into nothingness Thirst and hunger - Shouts - Dance Dance Dance Dance The white men are landing - Cannons Now we must be baptised get dressed and go to work...” “Today”, Rimbaud wrote in 1873, “I will be able to possess the truth within one body and one soul... Today, I know how to celebrate beauty.” I will quote him on that one! CAST Boxer : ADAM DAVIES Isabella : VICTORIA GILDER Soldier : DENNIS JOHNS Adulteress : JENNY LORD Archy : CHARLES MOLONEY Ophelie (Bride) : DUSKA RADOSAVLJEVIC PRODUCTION TEAM Director : GEORGE RODOSTHENOUS Producer : JENNY LORD Assistant to the Director : EMILY MANN Assistant to the Producer : EMILY MANN Movement Director : GIGAR DAS Lighting Design : BECKY PAGE & KATIE FULLER Assis. Lighting Designer: GEORGE GISBORNE Stage Management : JAMES SMITH Costumes : ELEANOR BATTIE Set Designer : JOHN BEDWELL & OLIVIA MANN Publicity : ELEANOR BATTIE Poster Design : GARETH ROBERTS Photos : GEORGE BACOUST Musical Director : DAVID LALE Musicians : GABRIELLA BYDER , RICHARD KERSHAW, DAVID LALE and MATTHEW WATTS MUSIC BY : David Lale, N. Ferrer, Adi Ludovic, Matthew Watts and Gabriel Yared.

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