Here is a performance that I did for my Voice and Movement Theater class here at Otago. The assignment was to find something in the Dunedin museum and use it to inspire a choreographed dance/movement. This is what we got inspired by:
Our piece told the story of an epic hunt for a whale by me (the hunter in Red), and the fight to protect the whale by Anna (Greenpeace in Green). Here's some more info about the issue of whale hunting that we wrote up for our performance.
For centuries, whales have been hunted and killed for sport, or in order to obtain their bones and meat. This practice continues in the present era, and has led to a severe reduction in the world’s whale population. When we encountered this object, we were inspired to think about the life of a whale and the importance of protecting whales presently. Whales are especially threatened by whale hunters in the countries of Japan, Norway, and Iceland, who use scientific research as an excuse to hunt for whales and justify their consumption of whale meat and oil by claiming that killing whales produces useful scientific data. Luckily for whales, environmental organizations such as Greenpeace are making strides to prevent whale population decimation by keeping watch on the activity of these whale hunting companies, and attempting to prevent the murder of whales
Sadly my phone died before the ending of our performance, but here at least is the first part! (The ending involves me striking down the whale and Greenpeace dramatically crying over the whales dead body. #trulife)
And here's another AWESOME hornblende crystal I saw in igneous petrology on Thursday. LOOK AT THAT 60/120 CLEAVAGE!! (crazy, it has been weathered away along the cleavage planes!!)