Source of inspiration 216 (click on this title!): Dumb waiter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dumb_Waiter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Pinter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYV0sbzEIJQ&feature=related

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Bruges

Source of inspiration 206 (click on this title!) : All the world's a stage...

http://www.kumulus.fr/#rencontre

Source of inspiration 202 (click on this title!) : Boîte de jour!

A metal frame and plexiglass box, five acrobatic dancers, and a lot of energy and imagination... makes for a magical and mysterious show! These photographs of the show "Les Incubés" by the Rêve2 company were taken during the 2010 Aurillac International Street Theatre Festival.

IDEA! How about writing a short play for four circus characters (girl trapeze artist, strong man, juggler, acrobat)? The box would be a symbol of each character's mental space (they imagine and act within it, and eventually share it)... The box is by turns a creative or a confined space.

And here it is! An idea for a little play for a troupe of artists, by VALENTIN GIRARD who is a 16 year old pupil at Saint-Eugène in Aurillac.

Characters: girl trapeze artist, a strong man, a juggler, and a girl acrobat.

The strong man and the trapeze artist are in love with each other. The strong man is very strong but he is romantic and a sensitive man. The trapeze artist looks very kind and harmless but in reality she's a bit crazy and hyperactive. The juggler looks very happy but in fact he's sad and shy. The acrobat is friendly but she tends to criticize everybody. She's also in love with the strong man and will play a double game trying to convince the strong man that the trapeze artist is playing with his feelings...

The Plexiglas box is in the centre. All the play will be based around this box. The characters can play within and outside the box, or below and above it. But, when the characters enter the box, they reveal their true natures. The box is a way for the characters to express themselves or to be introspective, to express what they feel, who they truly are. When the different characters exit the box, they can keep their real characters or become again what they appear to be…The characters can be in the box alone or with another character.

The means of expression are dance, song, dialogue, and circus.

Source of inspiration 198 (click on this title!)

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=52577406

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/30/BAGDTEFA3G1.DTL

http://www.alternativedepressiontherapy.com/art-therapy-for-depression.html

http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi575537945/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-W9Tm1Clas&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjDca5xSFcs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVBC1Ht8iJ4&feature=related

http://conversationalreading.com/the-box-man-by-kobo-abe-and-the-question-of-the-unstable-first-person

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qifl9saFtSw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgKRHYa84eE&feature=related

Source of inspiration 172 (click on this title!): Double bass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUs4xxhoQKs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Y_hcBEQhM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjY1mnGb9iA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg5SJyllxr4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYKahj7RGys

Can a wash basin be turned into an instrument?

First, when I saw this source of inspiration, I thought "Oh, this is really cool" and I opened all the links… But they opened all at the same time and I got the impression that all the different songs and sounds together made one big show...

I really like the photo above and the ambiance of the Jug Bands. Jug bands are a mix of traditional and home-made instruments. When I listen to jug band songs I really get the feeling of being in the USA.

The instrument on this photo is a washtub bass, the home-made version of the double bass. The double bass is really a strange box-like instrument because it is not very beautiful, and it is so very BIG! When I was a bit younger, I saw a very little skinny man playing double bass and it struck me as very peculiar, really.

I think a washtub bass is more fun than a double bass and just as important, because it gives the bass line and the rhythm.

“The Double Bass” by Patrick Süskind is the story of a double bass player who describes the history of his instrument, his role in the orchestra, and the relationship between a player and his instrument. Later on, we understand that he is going a bit crazy because he doesn't understand why the other players don't look at him, and why the girl who he has fallen in love with doesn't look at him. He has a cynical look on everything and everybody around him…

Julien Le Provost did a good interpretation in the play version (see the link above).

I think it is a good book/play, because it gives us an insight into what ordinary members of an orchestra might think and feel. In fact, if you think about it, most people in life feel like the double bass player sometime in their lives: a bit excluded or unimportant…

Article by Anne-Sophie Belbezet

Source of inspiration 8 (click on this title!)

http://www.alalettre.com/sartre-oeuvres-huis-clos.php