Havana, Cuba, 2O24

havana, cuba, 2O24

"How Water Got Into Bathtub" by L. Mitchell, illustrated by Yelena Melnikova (1929)

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Philip Glass is one of the few avant garde artists appreciate outside of high art and academic circles.  Instead of having the 'it's not supposed to be understood' trope usually associate with the style, he welcomes people and guides them to live in the moment.

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Walt Disney's original plan for Fantasia was that every few years or so it would get re-released with some sequences removed and replaced with new pieces and sequences, war got in the way and priorities shifted but the man still wanted to try it because he was a big fan of innovation.

Kind of odd how it was born out of an initial attempt to cover up that the cost for the Mickey Mouse "short" they were producing was now upside down in terms of cost to income, but there it was.

One of the pieces in it is Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring’ Stokowski was a wonderful choice as a director Philly Orchestra incredible, I do imaging Stokowski was the deciding factor though.

Music nerd moment, when Stravinsky introduced The Rite of Spring for the first time, there was a riot music was that charged, that and I love this bit

Contrary to popular belief it was not just the shock of hearing the music and the choreography that caused the riot at The Rite of Spring’s premiere. At that time a typical Parisian ballet audience consisted of two diverse groups: the wealthy and fashionable set, who would be expecting to see a traditional performance with beautiful music, and a ‘Bohemian’ group who were eager for something new. Conductor Pierre Monteux believed that the trouble began when these two groups, the pro and con factions, began attacking each other, and the orchestra. He recalled, “Everything available was tossed in our direction, but we continued to play on.”

Quite literally something you'd see in a cartoon. Seen some performances of parts of 'Rite of Spring' wild stuff.

Circling back around, Disney picked that one I think in part because the nature of the piece even 27 years after premier it was still something that could have qualified as what we would run in with the avant garde of it's day, something that's totally different and forces you to look at things in a different way.

This is a very long winded way to get to the point that I think had Walt managed to stay alive for another 80 years and fulfilled his dream of adding new sequences to it this kind of thing would have made it in there, quite possibly as is with that video or a new piece commissioned for the production.

Would have been double interesting if the viewings of the production could have gone the way Walt wanted too, not possible from a economic standpoint thou. People prancing up and down the aisles sprinkling water or flower petals and all that good stuff.

Would have been cool af tho

I know this is long and rambling. I'm all home by myself right now and I had a story to get out and didn't what it was till I got your ask and realized this was a direction I could go.

normal audience is gone so you guys get it.

Hope someone finds it interesting at least.