Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Strange Fruit - The Three Belles

The Three Belles is part of a Melbourne-based company called Strange Fruit that produces and performs works of arts outdoors using four-metre high flexible poles.
Its repertoire, blending dance, circus, comedy and spectacle.

Seductive and charming, The Three Belles transport the audience into a dreamy world of period charm and quirky manners.

Mannered and graceful, the characters are destined to eternally relive the enchanting night of their first ball.

With an unearthly soundscape that uses haunting music of strings, galloping horses, the sitar and the Wedding march.

So you want to know how they get down the poles after the dance? Well, first they drop their skirts! Now you can see what's underneath the gowns! They have a special harness that securely lock their lower bodies to the poles so they'll never fall off while performing.


Then later they just slide down the poles like the firemen do in their fire station! You should check out the short clip I included below, I' sure you'll like them too!


9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ohh like that ahh interesting!!!

Wah plenty of swaying and dancing and twirling..hehe

Anonymous said...

cool! never seen anything like this before.

Anonymous said...

Coming down is simple, how about going up th pole?

Anonymous said...

This reminds me of Cirque Du Soleil. So high technicality + difficulty liddat will fall!!! ;)

Tiffany L said...

ooooooo does it hurt to sit so long on the pole?

Wuching said...

che-cheh: so now u know!

SA: when they slide down the poles its like pole dancing! hahahaha

ah pek: something new everyday!

maria: sorry, didn't see them climb up!

titoki: they're very secured to the poles..dun think they will ever fall.

hedo: it definitely would hurt to sit on the poles but they're "standing" on a tiny platforms.

Anonymous said...

That really needs a lot of practice!

Anonymous said...

Do you guys realised why Wuching was sitting around that area for soo long? Sampai he had the chance to see them climb down?

He was trying to see if he can look up their skirts and see if he can anything more interesting :P

Wuching said...

neo: practise makes perfect!

QV: shhhh..dun tell ppl!