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Moments of Magic

Week Nineteen: The Modern Girl

May 11, 2023

Happy Thursday! Welcome back to Acting Class Daily. Today we’re personalizing the work with a themed knicknack from this week’s class, a formative moment of magic … and, most importantly, Bauer’s chance to say hello.

The Lady of Shalott (Theatrum Elysium - 2014)

The song by Loreena McKennitt of the poem by Lord Alfred Tennyson, ignited the mythos.

And the painting by John William Waterhouse made me want to know The Lady of Shalott … to find the truth of that moment, that look in her eyes.

But it was this picture here of an Elysium Company Member visiting the painting at the Tate Museum years earlier, that inspired how we’d bring our magnificent story to life.

Below is the picture from the Tate, along with movement piece and moment in our story where our Modern Girl connects with the painting, leading us all on the first steps towards a journey beyond Arthurian legend …