For what its worth i liked the show! I also think most people liked it, just a very vocal minority really didnt like it.

I really appreciate this show, and thought it was a tremendous effort. I’m also glad they had a hopefully satisfying great finals run. I hope your kid learned so much this season about the real inherent worthiness of pushing the edge of what’s possible, of controlling the output and not the outcome, and that informs all their future endeavors. I also hope their recovery from the music goes smoothly and swiftly! 🫶 Well done, kid!

@@armand9199 Thank you! 🫶🏻

@@IsitriOm Thank you for your kind words. I made sure my performer got to read them, and it brought a smile to their face. 🫶

People have always protested great art.

I agree. The minimalism left them SO exposed, such that every tiny thing (and, ok, some medium things) was so unfortunately loud. Brilliant in design in theory (especially loved the acro and thought it was really effective!), but I can’t even conceive of nailing it all the way through, and so the design in practice… leaves questions. Also, spare a thought for the poor performers having to listen to this for hours on end all season. Let the healing begin! 🤪

Well… I just watched their finals run and it really was much cleaner. Maybe I retract some of my earlier sentiments…

There is a reason for that. There is meaning behind this art. “The show was inspired by a famous pianist who was diagnosed with ALS, a progressive degenerative nervous system condition that causes muscles to break down and lose functionality. He lost his ability to move and care for himself, but when brought to a piano, he was able to play as he always had. This is referenced by the piano notes and piano bench props. The tempo of the piano note accelerates, the same as ALS does, and most other health conditions. It can be panic inducing and very confusing. Thats how the audience felt; uncomfortable and confused. ALS is terminal, and the notes come to a sudden, slow, resting lull in the shows last moments before ending. We were not told the inspiration of the show in order to keep people from knowing because thats the whole point; being diagnosed with something is confusing to everyone around you and hard to accept. So most people don’t disclose their diagnosis, especially to strangers.”

Their A guard did their entire show in complete silence.

That's the point.

The whole point of guard is to be able to preform you’re show based off of counts and muscle memory. It’s what makes it such a tactile sport

supposed.

I'm honestly amazed at what they managed to pull off though. Considering the nature of their music and the rigor of their choreography and the complexity of the show in general I would not expect any guard to be clean. They had one of the most difficult shows I have ever seen.

@@mattyteeee6944 oh I agree!! It was honestly spectacular and difficult! It was just an odd thing to see in a world class guard but who knows,, they could’ve changed everything the day before and that was why. I’ve been apart of guards where we change everything like 30 mins before

The performers only really have about 6 months with the track. Plus if they really didn’t like it they wouldn’t have joined but they have enough trust in their staff to know why they made the music choice

Would love to see you direct a team of 50 guards and come up with a show half as decent as theirs if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say it at all buddy

Definitely not boring, it was by far the most memorable show of the night I can't even begin to imagine how difficult this was to rehearse and perform. The flag solo and rifle work in general were the biggest jaw droppers of any group and I couldn't even be disappointed about the group parts not being clean because of how amazing and ambitious this show is to even attempt.

@@AdyanMacca sorry but I can say whatever I want, and this show was terrible.

@@mattyteeee6944 they only memorable moment in this show is the annoying sound of the piano.

@@leoovall tl;dr

I'm autistic and wouldn't have thought to bring my headphones to a show like this. But with this show I would have needed them!

I watched this in person last night at finals and had my head in my hands trying to soothe my migraine from this sound more than actually watching and appreciating the performance

There is a reason for that. There is meaning behind this art. “The show was inspired by a famous pianist who was diagnosed with ALS, a progressive degenerative nervous system condition that causes muscles to break down and lose functionality. He lost his ability to move and care for himself, but when brought to a piano, he was able to play as he always had. This is referenced by the piano notes and piano bench props. The tempo of the piano note accelerates, the same as ALS does, and most other health conditions. It can be panic inducing and very confusing. Thats how the audience felt; uncomfortable and confused. ALS is terminal, and the notes come to a sudden, slow, resting lull in the shows last moments before ending. We were not told the inspiration of the show in order to keep people from knowing because thats the whole point; being diagnosed with something is confusing to everyone around you and hard to accept. So most people don’t disclose their diagnosis, especially to strangers.” Something to think about when deciding to judge others publicly and negatively.

@@sloopcamotop502 I really appreciate the lens in. ALS took my aunt, and this totally tracks w our experiences.

@@sloopcamotop502so they created a show that causes almost as much suffering for the audience as the disease would?