Poe on Wheels: The Masque of the Red Death
Halloween 1999
Following right on the heels of our swimming success, Fluid Movement organized a Halloween show based on writing by Baltimore’s favorite morbid bard, Edgar Allen Poe. The performance was based upon The Masque of the Red Death, in which a group of decadent, wealthy people, as yet untouched by a plague spread by rats, gather for a masquerade ball to celebrate their good fortune. In the end of course, an uninvited guest spoils their fun. In this case Death arrives at Patterson Park’s Pulaski Monument on a skateboard.
Water Shorts: A Synchronized Swimming Extravaganza
Water Ballet 1999
Water Shorts! was the fruitful result of a collaboration between Fluid Movement and two local community organizations, the Fells Point Creative Alliance and the Friends of Patterson Park.
Carmen, A Hotdog Opera
Summer 1999
“I didn’t know meat could emote like that!“
Baltimore City Paper
This version of Bizet’s classic opera, Carmen, was performed on a puppet stage by elaborately dressed tofu hotdogs. The fifteen minute performance told the story of a seductive gypsy who whooed the wrong dog. After enchanting the mentally unstable Don José, Carmen fell in love with the impressive torreador, Escamillo. When Don José flew into a jealous rage, he stabbed Carmen to death with a fork as gypsies and soldiers stood by. Fluid Movement’s elaborate little performance was shown in four venues and received the City Paper’s vote for the Best Artscape Event for 1999.