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Showing posts with label guerrilla ball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guerrilla ball. Show all posts
2018-01-31
Formation Viennice - Primer
The Formation Viennice is shorthand for a presentation of a choreographed group performance of the Viennice Waltz; The Viennice, in a formation.
The Viennice Waltz is a partnered ballroom-style dance on ice skates, that mimics the appearance and style of the Viennese Waltz.
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2012-05-03
The Bouncy Ball
A guerrilla ball upon a rebounding platform. The Bouncy Ball is a guerrilla ball which entails dressing up as if to attend a ball, and jumping on a trampoline.
The Bouncy Ball is actually an ongoing series of instances, rather than a single event.
The Bouncy Ball is actually an ongoing series of instances, rather than a single event.
2012-02-02
ImFormal
Impressionist Formal, or Imformal, is a dress code used especially for underground or so-called "guerrilla" events, such as the guerrilla balls series. It requires attire and accessories that project the impression of formality--or extra formality--to the public eye, or incorporates exuberance derived from traditional formal dress. This includes standard White Tie (colloquially: "top-and-tails/ballgown",) Black Tie ("tux/evening gown",) and some extravagant versions of Formal ("suit-and-tie/evening dress".) It may also include variations such as non-western traditional, military, and period garb, caricature, couture, etc. as long as it appears to the observer to have aesthetic integrity (i.e. it looks good.)
It is context dependent, such that the adopter (or group) should be distinguishable from the norm or default the by their degree of projected formality, extravagance, or exoticism
It is context dependent, such that the adopter (or group) should be distinguishable from the norm or default the by their degree of projected formality, extravagance, or exoticism
2012-01-24
Guerrilla Balls - Primer
A guerrilla ball is a "meta-event", usually symbiotic with an host event that shares one or more qualities in common with a ball (but is not necessarily an actual ball,) whereby participants attend the host event dressed and behaving as though at a ball. Alternatively it *is* an actual ball wherein something about the event or participation therein can be considered subversive, secret, or sneaky.
A ball here is defined as a social evening gathering, usually lavish and requiring formal dress, typically involving a dinner, ballroom dancing, and entertainment such as live chamber music, traditional performances, and/or oratory.
The neologism guerrillaballing is a term used to describe the act of creating a guerrilla ball out of an event or circumstance.
Examples:
- The Ice Ball.
The original guerrilla ball. See the primer for an explanation.
- The Big Baltz.
The guerrillaballing of a promotional stunt called The Big Waltz, wherein members of the public were invited to participate in a 1000-person Viennese Waltz on Lincoln Center Plaza. Guerrilla Ballers wore formal wear while waltzing, thus appearing to be at a ball.
- The Beach Ball.
An embellishment of a public prank by ImprovEverywhere called Black Tie Beach, wherein pranksters engaged in a day at the beach dressed in black (or white) tie. The addition of a fancy dinner--or as translated in to beach culture, a picnic--and dancing, created the conceptual telltale of a ball.
- The Bouncy Ball.
A very metaphysical ball comprised of a collection of photos of ballers simulating the postures and manners stereotypical of a ball as translated for the medium of trampolines, from various different times and places: http://saomsdangledthreads.blogspot.com/2012/05/bouncy-ball.html
- Society Ball Spelunks.
So-called society balls are actual balls, usually thrown by or at least originally patronized by groups of people connected by ancestry or affiliation. They are customarily lavish and somewhat exclusive (if not by policy then by privacy and economics.)
Spelunk refers to urban spelunking, which itself extends the scope of the activity more popularly known as Urban Exploration. Urban Exploration involves the exploring of structures, areas, and urban features that are hidden, inaccessible, or prohibited, such as abandoned buldings, ruins, city infrastructure, etc.
Urban spelunking as applied in the context of guerrilla balls also includes infiltrating locations and attending events in which one has no sanction to participate; such as society balls.
A ball here is defined as a social evening gathering, usually lavish and requiring formal dress, typically involving a dinner, ballroom dancing, and entertainment such as live chamber music, traditional performances, and/or oratory.
The neologism guerrillaballing is a term used to describe the act of creating a guerrilla ball out of an event or circumstance.
Examples:
- The Ice Ball.
The original guerrilla ball. See the primer for an explanation.
- The Big Baltz.
The guerrillaballing of a promotional stunt called The Big Waltz, wherein members of the public were invited to participate in a 1000-person Viennese Waltz on Lincoln Center Plaza. Guerrilla Ballers wore formal wear while waltzing, thus appearing to be at a ball.
- The Beach Ball.
An embellishment of a public prank by ImprovEverywhere called Black Tie Beach, wherein pranksters engaged in a day at the beach dressed in black (or white) tie. The addition of a fancy dinner--or as translated in to beach culture, a picnic--and dancing, created the conceptual telltale of a ball.
- The Bouncy Ball.
A very metaphysical ball comprised of a collection of photos of ballers simulating the postures and manners stereotypical of a ball as translated for the medium of trampolines, from various different times and places: http://saomsdangledthreads.blogspot.com/2012/05/bouncy-ball.html
- Society Ball Spelunks.
So-called society balls are actual balls, usually thrown by or at least originally patronized by groups of people connected by ancestry or affiliation. They are customarily lavish and somewhat exclusive (if not by policy then by privacy and economics.)
Spelunk refers to urban spelunking, which itself extends the scope of the activity more popularly known as Urban Exploration. Urban Exploration involves the exploring of structures, areas, and urban features that are hidden, inaccessible, or prohibited, such as abandoned buldings, ruins, city infrastructure, etc.
Urban spelunking as applied in the context of guerrilla balls also includes infiltrating locations and attending events in which one has no sanction to participate; such as society balls.
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