Saturday, November 7, 2009

The Donkey Show

Photo documentation of The Donkey Show, which was described as an interpretation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by people dancing to '70s music in the middle of a dance floor.

Here we are before leaving (it was blurry so I altered it... and then I decided to go all the way and make it sepia):


What I didn't realize from the description was that the show is VERY '70s and QUITE in drag.


And had a lot of glittery, Chippendale-like interactive dancers-- a benefit of which Ari took full advantage.


And involved a lot of... MINIMAL clothing.


After the show there was a dance-party... in which there were many old people. Look at this couple getting down! How pleased would you be if you were 70 years old and your husband still took you to dance drag shows? (/ever took you to drag shows in the first place-- I'm pretty sure that's love) AWESOME.


Then Ari decided to dance with them-- AMAZING!

Then she danced with... a man or woman? Looked like a man to me, but had a fake mustache. Let's just say the person had moves.


Then Ari and Spiegs went onstage-- Becca and I decided not to join them in fear of being touched.


But the plan backfired when this man put his arm around me and insisted that we take a picture together.

Meanwhile, Ari convinced a man in mesh to let her borrow his fro wig. They danced, presumably in celebration of this transaction.


The best part, which went too fast for me to snap, was that as we exited, Ari danced with the fake 'stache guy again AND the old man again-- it was like a recap of her nights' partners. It was hilarious.

In conclusion, I enjoyed myself, but I definitely think I'm going to enjoy it much more in retrospect.

2 comments:

Claire said...

That looks AMAZING! I'm so jealous you guys have midsummer night's 70s drag parties, while my school has... two gay men. On a good year. Sad face.

Blythe said...

Well it wasn't my school... it was a random thing. If it was at my school, I bet it would have been WAY crazier-- in fact, my school just put on a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show-- that was NUTS!

Not to rub it in... a lack of gays is a sad sad thing.