2. General overview
The main overview of the story includes a core 3, different perspectives on
the meaning behind “skinny love”. Our first interpretation focuses on the past
and present stages of a broken relationship via one person’s point of view but
we will use two people to show this. One will embody the past and the other,
the present. The second is about a hidden intimate relationship between two
girls, the relationship is unknown to anyone else as they are both scared to
come out. This dance will capture the terror of feeling like the outcast and the
psychological struggles that both girls are feeling. The third is about a girl who
is struggling with an eating disorder, in this solo the dancer will perform a
piece that shows that the demons inside her head are trying to take over her
mental state as they have already successfully taken control of her physically.
We will follow the three different stories throughout the music video and
contrast each different view into each other, whilst dancing sequences are
taking place. There will also be a small fourth perspective which is a group
performance, this is up for interpretation by the dancers but the focus will be
on unity and empowerment.
4. Overview
This storyline is focusing on the theme, past and present, showing the
stages of a broken relationship, portrayed by one person’s point of view.
We want to display the impact that a broken relationship would have on
one person only, however we will use two people to present this. One
will be their past self and the other will be their present self. The two
dancers will highlight how the past can have an effect on them
emotionally and mentally, and how relationships fracture ones
confidence. By the end of this dance, there will be no self-
empowerment nor will there be fulfilment, the characters shall simply
fade into self-loathing.
5. Come on skinny love just last the year
Pour a little salt we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment this order's tall
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
In the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different "kind"
I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines
Come on skinny love what happened here
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full; so slow on the split
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
Now all your love is wasted?
Then who the hell was I?
Now I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?
Come on skinny love
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Lyrics
7. Overview
This dance will be a performance that shows two girls in a relationship that
are scared to 'come out' to the outside world. For this storyline, we want to
portray the terror of feeling like an outcast and the psychological struggles
that both girls are feeling. One of the girls will embody persona of a man
being trapped in a the body of a woman (dancer 1), where she desires
freedom but is afraid of rejection. Her happiness is granted by her partner,
the other dancer (dancer 2), as she accepts her for who she is and loves her
for it, yet both are ashamed of who they are and the stigmas that come with
the coined terms and ideology. Both of them have to come to the decision to
either live with or without each other. But before dancer 2 decides to declare
her love and decision to 'come out', dancer 1 kills herself.
Focus on the words “Love” and “Lost”
8. Inspiration
• Song: Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Ray
• There can be many reasons people are afraid to ‘come out’ as lesbian, gay
or bisexual.
• Religious condemnations, gay jokes, put downs, judgments, snide remarks.
• “Will I be accepted?”
• Afraid of rejection.
• The forced creation of an alter persona.
• Terror of feeling like the outcast.
• Struggles are psychological and emotional.
http://whenicameout.tumblr.com/
9. Come on skinny love just last the year
Pour a little salt we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment this order's tall
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
In the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different "kind"
I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines
Come on skinny love what happened here
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full; so slow on the split
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
Now all your love is wasted?
Then who the hell was I?
Now I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?
Come on skinny love
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Lyrics
11. Overview
An eating disorder is essentially someone who is engaging in disordered thinking
when it comes to food. Instead of thinking of food in terms of nutrition and appetite,
a person is thinking of food in terms of how that person thinks of themselves and
how they look. It’s a very personal thing but also a thing that wants to be shared,
therefore the dancer has chosen to perform to reveal the nature of her eating
disorder. Through dance, the character should show that she wants to be stable and
strong enough to destroy her eating disorder but her demons keep pulling her under
as the urge is too strong. She also goes through the stage of denial, where she
pretends that her addiction doesn’t exist. But the dancer will focus on the
metaphorical eating disorder voice, or voices, that lure her down the wrong path.
Therefore, she will show an intense internal argument that ends with her giving up
and fading into darkness. The lighting and makeup for this section will be particularly
dark, extreme low key lighting and a large range of close ups will be used in order to
capture emotion and the expressions of the characters.
This solo will be used to open and also end the music video.
12. Lyric Help
‘’come on skinny love just last the year’’ – this line of song is going to be able
how the character is unable to relapse after a year.
‘’Pour a little salt we were never here’’
‘’ Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneers’’ – the first line of the two
states that the character is trying to cleanse herself and make herself stable
enough not to relapse. The character will be shown as trying to pretend her
addiction doesn’t exist.
‘’I tell my love to wreck it all’’
‘’ cut out all the ropes and let me fall’’
‘’ right in the moment this order’s tall’’ – This narrative is stating that the
character wants to destroy her eating disorder, and escape from it. This is
shown through the narrative of ‘wreck it all’ and ‘cut all the ropes and let me
fall’.
15. Come on skinny love just last the year
Pour a little salt we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment this order's tall
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
In the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different "kind"
I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines
Come on skinny love what happened here
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full; so slow on the split
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
Now all your love is wasted?
Then who the hell was I?
Now I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?
Come on skinny love
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Lyrics
17. Overview
The dancers should show that even though there are problems around, you can fight
your demons with the support of others. Therefore, the dance will convey a sense of
unity.
All of the dancers will be a mirror image of each other, wearing and looking the
same. Individuality will not be shown, in order to portray equality.
The dancers will be in sync with one another.
Makeup for all of the characters will be minimal and plain, whilst the costumes will
be dark.
Song Inspiration: Alive by Sia
18. Come on skinny love just last the year
Pour a little salt we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment this order's tall
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
In the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different "kind"
I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines
Come on skinny love what happened here
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full; so slow on the split
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
Now all your love is wasted?
Then who the hell was I?
Now I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?
Come on skinny love
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Lyrics
