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117 :: Dance ideas
Madison and Naomi stood in the viewing barn surrounded by SeeSticks. They both looked at the projection of their conversation on the screen.
Right. I have watched your dance. Very good. Very good indeed. It had a theme. A story. And best of all moves that could be copied. You always have to start with a theme. Like diamond. Or loud. Or work. Or military. Or magic. (Madison)
I like diamond. (Naomi)
So now you need a story. It is best to take a story from your life. Something people will understand. A connection. (Madison)
LIke rape. Like police take me away. LIke escape. I am happy here. I want to stay here. (Naomi)
Sure. But that might not fit the diamond theme. (Madison)
Diamond are only for rich. (Naomi)
Interesting. True. But not what I would have first thought of. How do you do diamond theme. (Madison)
See. I am diamond. They buy me. They put me in jewelry. That was Peter. He taught me how to be the au pair they want. There is fight. Or bad thing. The diamond is lost. They not sad because they buy another diamond. Exactly like last. (Naomi)
Yes. I see it. You are the diamond. You have a simple scart. Maybe silk. Maybe sparkling. Or maybe more. Like Salome in reverse. (Madison)
What Salome. (Naomi)
Salome danced for Herod taking off seven different veils enchanting Herod so he granted her one wish which she used to behead John the Baptist. (Madison)
So I pick up more clothes. Get more dressed. (Naomi)
Yes. Like the jewelry encasing the diamond. (Madison)
Maybe work. But au pair naked. (Naomi)
The dance could be you collecting more and more veils. It could get more and more explosive until the climax in which you disappear and all that is left is the scarves gradually floating to the ground. (Madison)
Good. (Naomi)
Okay. We will need more scarves. And we should watch some classic Salome and the dance of the seven veils. How do we do it. (Madison)
Watch. Salome seven veil dance. (Naomi)
Madison left the barn. Naomi watched the dance videos. She copied the dance moves. She stripped off her t-shirt to use as a veil. She reversed her action. She tossed the shirt over her shoulder. Madison came back with a bundle of silk scarves. Together they copied dances. Stripping scarves. Reversing. Dressing scarves. After a while Madison stopped dancing. She watched Naomi dance.
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