locust

This past New Year’s Eve, locust was invited to perform with the band Cake at the Moore Theater.  Also on the bill, King City from LA and Throw Me the Statue from Seattle.  The members of Cake were looking for Seattle dance companies online to ask to do a show and found us and liked what they saw. Amy and Zeke performed a short duet before Throw Me the Statue’s set and then a trio with Amy Clem, Amy O, and Zeke before Cake.  It was a super fun and chill night.  The audience seemed into it, ie. no one threw anything at the stage.  Performing for a rock audience is always different than a modern dance audience.  In the rock world, people are unapologetic not only with the drinking, but with feeling free to hoot and comment on whatever they want.  Nothing like instant feedback.  Whereas, in the modern dance world, you may never get any kind of feedback, and people are not always willing to share their feelings about what is going on, plus, less drinking in general (except at On the Boards maybe).   Modern dance and booze should always go together in our opinion, as long as one drinks responsibly of course.

Modern dance audiences are not always given the permission they need to have an opinion about what is going on, as well as the freedom to express that opinion freely.   Perhaps that’s why more people go to rock shows and sporting events because there is something to root for, your favorite band or your favorite team.   The AWARDS show that happened at OTB last December was successful in that way.  More conversations were had with people about the work that were open and honest because there was a very clear reason to.  The modern dance audience was given a permission to root for their favorite team and in the process, perhaps get excited about something else.  (And let’s not forget that compared to music and sports, modern dance is still a relatively new art form that will take time to catch on, but maybe it isn’t meant to, and that’s kind of lovely.)