Went to see FoLK today at AK. Haven't seen a crowd like the one today there for quite a while.
It has been a few months since I last saw this, and I noticed one big change I was curious about. At the end of the show all the other times I had seen it before, they left the "animal floats" out as the audience was leaving.
Today, though, the show ended and the announcer asked everyone to remain seated while they (paraphrase) "put everything away." We sat there for 3-5 minutes while they moved the floats and the main center stage back to their starting position.
It seemed like this could have been done much smoother (kind of like the bringing of them in at the beginning) and I wondered if this was a recent change that they hadn't had time to incorporate into the show better.
Anyone know?
I also thought it odd that the "twirler" seemed much less used in the show today. He came out and did the fire twirl, but very little before then. In the shows I'd seen before, he came out initially with the "knife sticks" and then transitioned to the fire. Today, though, the knife sticks were only used for about 30 seconds at the very end of the show, and he didn't really twirl them. He just walked around with them acting menacing.
Is this a show change or just something that varies by performer/performance?
The tumble monkeys today were the best we had seen in a while. The last show we had seen the monkey couldn't reach the high center swing , but today's group was great.
It has been a few months since I last saw this, and I noticed one big change I was curious about. At the end of the show all the other times I had seen it before, they left the "animal floats" out as the audience was leaving.
Today, though, the show ended and the announcer asked everyone to remain seated while they (paraphrase) "put everything away." We sat there for 3-5 minutes while they moved the floats and the main center stage back to their starting position.
It seemed like this could have been done much smoother (kind of like the bringing of them in at the beginning) and I wondered if this was a recent change that they hadn't had time to incorporate into the show better.
Anyone know?
I also thought it odd that the "twirler" seemed much less used in the show today. He came out and did the fire twirl, but very little before then. In the shows I'd seen before, he came out initially with the "knife sticks" and then transitioned to the fire. Today, though, the knife sticks were only used for about 30 seconds at the very end of the show, and he didn't really twirl them. He just walked around with them acting menacing.
Is this a show change or just something that varies by performer/performance?
The tumble monkeys today were the best we had seen in a while. The last show we had seen the monkey couldn't reach the high center swing , but today's group was great.