Ruthie Ann Miles Instagram – Part Eight.
The show was gritty & raw.
Gross.
Sexy.
Sweaty and unpolished. I loved that.
I loved Alex’ wink. I think he abhorred and loved and secretly savored Egg On Face. Because #art and #musicaltheatre
Stench of the toilets. My jaw was on the floor when Conrad first channeled DB in that number.
I’d never had songs written for me before. It felt like ownership. And power. And like being seen. David cried.
I showed Lizzie and AnnieB some folk dancing choreo I’d found. Act2. Lizzie showed me what they’d found. I told them about the Filipino folk dances I’d found & the superstitions and meanings behind the movements. When Lizzie taught it to me I added hula because #Hawai’i. We taught it to Janelle and Kristen. Those movements became Sugartime & PleaseDont.
I begggggged AnnieB to let me dance more. Her movement speaks to my soul. I feel like one with the earth, like Space is just syrup and Gravity is a suggestion. She made me feel like I was a dancer.
Family stories came to light. People asked questions. Doors opened. Lots of Blue Ladies & the like came. OMG, the Marcos grandkids came! Their eyes never left Imelda, even when their attention was supposed to be on the other side of the building. Like hawks. It made me happy. People cursed at me on StarSlave, refused to touch me. Hecklers who yelled “Liar. Murderer.”
The conversations that it sparked online, within families, among the company — it was thrilling. People on LSD trips blew glitter in my face. Someone once spat at me. Did I turn the other cheek like Mona Lisa, or maybe I dreamt that.
Alex gave me clashing & opposite notes every other day, which drove me CRAZY but also helped establish her bipolar nature. I always had an onion’s worth of layers to explore. I’m grateful for that. I learned a lot from that alone. A gift.
Oh, and reading up on the medication she was taking. Portraying mental illness on stage is…____.
I’ll think of the right word with time.
And no, I wasn’t sabotaging the line on purpose…it just needed to be a better line. There, I said it. (I’m mostly teasing..)
We made an album in Chinatown & recorded it in a few hours – fast & dirty. | Posted on 27/Nov/2023 14:19:28
