I spent the morning watching a ballet commentary by "Ballet Reign" on the Napoli
tarantella which they love just as much as I do and it was so interesting seeing it from a dancer's perspective, what makes it difficult and enjoyable and exciting to dance. All these things I know nothing about, because I've never danced myself, but I can definitely see it when I've watched it on stage.
The version from the 2009 production of
Napoli for the Royal Danish Ballet, under artistic director Nikolaj Hübbe. It's my personal favourite, although I'll always be really irritated that the audio isn't in sync in this upload. It's okay on my DVD and the streaming version on the Royal Theatre's website, so it's no doubt something that's happened with this video specifically. Still, it gives a great feeling of the pure energy of this performance. Also features the whole pas de six at the beginning. The tarantella doesn't begin until 20:23 or thereabout.
I understand why they love it at "Ballet Reign", because I love it soooo much. This particular bit of Napoli is always brought along on their summer ballet tours around Denmark and it finishes the performance off on such a high note and in high spirits.
Then, after my social worker was here (where we discussed the possibility of her only coming ever other week which might be really good for me but I got a week to think about it), I sat down and... just like yesterday when suddenly the words were just flowing freely, I wrote the beginning of the first chapter of the
Napoli fic I started on yesterday and it all just came so effortlessly, I almost wanted to cry. Haven't written in this kind of flow since working on my
Omina fic back in spring and it makes me really feel like I've overcome my slump and the writerdrop I've had after finishing that mastodont in May.
Giovanina (the tarantella girl in the red skirt) is such an interesting voice for me to write, especially in first person, so I'm both meeting some challenges here and setting myself completely free. I really love it! It's like voice work just in writing, the perfect format to work on a character's voice. Also, all the hair metaphors!! I've never written a hairdresser before and the hair fashion changed so dramatically from the 50's to the 60's, so it's definitely an interesting time period and timeframe to work within. Also, much later than my usual period pieces that usually take place late 19th century/early 20th century.
Lots of research to do.
I kinda want a Giovanina icon for this, but I don't have any good stage images of her and I don't know how to screencap the ballet, so for now I'll have to live without. Sigh. If I were still apt in making icons, I'd never know when to stop. So much good content to capture.
I have the whole conversation written down that Giovanina is going to have with her pseudo-mother/mentor/boss in the first scene of the first chapter and I'm really hyped for writing it into the actual scene, but I can only concentrate so long at a time, so I need to pace myself and trust that I can return to it later.
Omina taught me as much, that I
can stick to something for a long time and keep going, but it's been a while since I worked on that particular project, so the brain forgets, haha.
The heart wants, but the brain forgets.
I have to trust myself with this.
But I was never good at trusting myself in the first place, even less with writing.
I hope you all will have a good Friday and a nice weekend. I'm visiting my parents tomorrow, so I might not update there, because I'm too tired. Luckily, we'll just be relaxing in the evening and finally, I get to watch
Marie Antoinette with my gf! Let's see if that gets my
Marie Antoinette plot bunny rolling...
Until then.
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