Passion- play in KLPAC

yesterday, 1^st April 2008, we watched a real beautiful play called PASSION in KLPAC, Sentul. I have been to a play once before but this time it was way better because the message was conveyed through dance and not conversation. The dance was really brilliant but after the play I realized that everyone who watched it had their own version of the story. There wasn’t any conversation in the entire play. The only words heard were the introduction and the ending. This is where stages directions come in handy. We had to be really careful to watch the expressions and the actions of the actors. If left unnoticed the story would not be understood. As I said, after the play I heard many versions of the play which differ with mine. Well, from what I understand from all the dancing, the play is about two ladies who are actually not the protagonist but the source of the conflict. These two ladies were disappointed by the protagonist and the other men, thus leaving them to have affairs and in the end decided to be together. In my opinion I think that the ladies realized that the men in their lives only desired them sexually. The title of the play is really suitable I would think because the dance was so passionate if not the love scenes. One of the stage directions I noticed was the color scheme of the clothes used by the dancers for certain scene. It depicts the atmosphere of the scene just like the “blue piano” from a Streetcar named Desire. I really admire those dancers as I think they did a good job communicating with the audience through their facial expressions and their body movements. But I have to admit that some scenes was a bit boring as I had no idea what it meant.