KOKO London

KOKO is a nightclub in Camden Town, London, that was formerly known as Camden Palace. Camden Palace was an extremely popular nightclub for Blitz Kids in the 80's, but has since become KOKO.

Blitz Kids at Camden Palace http://www.theblitzkids.com/site_archive/theblitzkids/camdenpalace.html 29/11/14

KOKO http://www.theblitzkids.com/site_archive/theblitzkids/camdenpalace.html 29/11/14

NYE KOKO http://www.nme.com/photos/british-sea-power-play-club-nme-koko-s-nye-ball/202043 29/11/14

Contemporary Character Post 3: Where is the character?

She is at the trendy nightclub where she works in London. She is working doing a less than glamorous job as a shot girl, and making it seem glamorous because of the fabulous, trendy and famous people she gets to interact with.

http://onehsk.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/extravagant-sophisticated-lady.html 29/11/14

Contemporary Character Post 2: The Scene

The scene I have chosen to cast my character in is Act 1, Scene 4.

It is where we are first introduced to her and she is singing about her secret life as a cabaret performer. It is where we first get a glimpse of Sally's character, particularly the "child-like" qualities, as it is quite a childish thing to worry about your parents and getting into trouble.

In a contemporary setting, I imagine Sally to be working in a trendy nightclub in London such as Koko, doing a less than glamorous job such as a shot girl, but making it seem glamorous because of her personality.

Contemporary Character Post 1: Who is the Character?

My chosen character is Sally Bowles. In the 'Cabaret' script, Sally is described as "a British cabaret singer at the Kit Kat Club". "She is in her early twenties, rather pretty, rather sophisticated, rather child-like, exasperating and irresistible." I would like to portray these traits in my character design, particularly focussing on the childlike, irresistible and exasperating traits.

http://onehsk.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/extravagant-sophisticated-lady.html 29/11/14

Time Management Issues & To do list

I'm a little more behind on my blog posting this term than I would like to be! This is not a case of laziness, or not wanting to do the work, but a case of struggling to manage my time properly. I work part time as well as uni, which is not ideal, but necessary. I manage to do the work set to us, but I sometime struggle finding the time to do the additional research and experimentation. When I do manage to do it, I fall behind on posting it onto my blog.

This is something I plan to change, starting from now! Below, I have listed my to-do list of things I need to have on my blog and for the remainder of the project and plan to have the majority if not all, checked off by the middle of next week.

• Weimar Berlin: What was it about?
• Questions to think about: Cabaret
• Breakdown of Cabaret Characters
• Otto Dix 
• German Expressionist movements
• Introduction to Club Culture
• Party Monster review
• Party Monster vs Cabaret comparison
• 11 Stanislavsky Acting Techniques: Contemporary
• Contemporary Sally Experimentation
• 1980's Art Movements
• Paco Peregrin
• Who were the Club Kids?
• Who were the Blitz Kids?
• Leigh Bowery
• Amanda Lepore
• James St James
• Michael Alig
• Comparison of Sally Bowles to Michael Alig

German Expressionist Art

German Expressionism refers to a number of creative movements throughout post WWI Germany to rise of the Nazi's. It was a part of the larger Expressionist movement that was going on throughout Europe at the time. It was a vast collection of artists, writers, dancers, theatre performers and various other creatives.

German expressionist painters often distorted colour, shape and features to convey a completely subjective portrayal. Many of the German expressionists were war veterans from the first world war, so they had a jaded, post war view of the world and this came through in a lot of their work. A lot of the German Expressionist art was very anti-war because of this, with many painters such as Otto Dix and George Grosz joining the Dada movement.

Otto Dix

The Match Seller, Otto Dix 1920 https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9Vk9bK21h6MifCmGMDmScPlYWb_FOdsgE3VvRGhTfyDe4Trlx0OgF899a0rZAbxRMmaPj2Y15rAyKUJJ1gCQv9CpjFN87IpF66CIfAZzIzroR6e1oj6UWBfzXlGwMBqfuonX9xwAjmE/s1600/z.jpg

George Grosz

Moonlit Night, George Grosz 1916-1917  http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?artistFilterInitial=&criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A2374&page_number=1&template_id=SS&sort_order=1 1/12/14

Wassily Kadinsky

Transverse Line, Wassily Kadinsky 1923 http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/work-256.php 1/12/14 

Max Beckmann

Family Picture, Max Beckmann 1920 http://msuweb.montclair.edu/~nielsenw/images/beckmann_family.1920.jpg 1/12/14

Amanda Lepore

 One of the most famous transgender women in the world and part of the original Club Kids. Amanda Lepore has had gender realignment surgery as well as many, many nips and tucks including broken ribs to achieve a smaller waist. There is also the very obvious botox, lip injections, nose job etc. She has achieved a completely plastic look. Although this is arguably her beauty and her selling point, as she has completely owned it, I feel that it is representative of todays society for going too far with surgery and looking perfect. I would like my contemporary version of Sally to have this plastic, fake look to her.