![]() ![]() With its call for humility, vulnerability, and wonderment, it’s sure to make the adults in the audience feel a certain kind of necessary ache. With its close attention to fantasy-fueled landscapes, wonderful puppets, and cleverness, The Little Prince is sure to be a hit with kids. I-and the audience-quickly fell in love with the delightful Prince and his insight. When the Aviator first meets the Prince, the Prince is a little demanding, admittedly odd, and annoys the Aviator with his insistence as the Prince perched on Blair’s shoulders, I couldn’t help but think of Yoda on the shoulders of Luke Skywalker, speaking large, cryptic lessons to an impatient and distracted Skywalker. Stipkovitz’s Prince is sharp and childlike in its persistence. I was surprised, at first, by Stipkovitz’s voicing of the Prince with Saint-Exupery’s writing-deep lessons on loss of innocence wrapped in simple delivery-I expected a meek, gentle, yet childlike timbre. ![]() The chorus, Stipkovitz, and the two additional puppeteers tending to the Prince, draped and masked in shining, flowing costumes, added a new kind of grace and elegance to the stage, ushering in planets for the Prince to perch upon, steering stars through the night sky, and more. It’s my understanding that this was one of Blair’s first experiences with puppetry, and his Aviator’s endearing connection with the Little Prince broke the barrier and truly brought the puppet to life. Most impressive, however, is his ability to carry such meaningful dialogue with the Prince it sells their bond and acts as the heart of the performance. His character’s transformation from guarded, bitter adult into vulnerable human is both captivating and tender. Honestly, puppetry can give me the heebie-jeebies, but by the end of a devastating and downright lovely performance, I had tears in my eyes.īlair is, unsurprisingly, incredible as The Aviator. It seems there were some complexities in the narrative that went entirely over my ten-year-old head, because I simply was not ready for the scope of emotions that a small puppet, voiced by Vanessa Stipkovits, and Christopher Blair were about to pull from me last Friday night. Poole about The Little Prince a few weeks ago, he explained The Little Prince’s like this: “Children see it at one level-they understand it on some levels better than adults-but adults understand from a different perspective, because they’ve had lessons that children have not.” I remember telling my mother that it was a surprisingly easy read, and her explaining to me that perhaps it was the message, not necessarily the reading level, that was meant to challenge. It was a middle school level book, and I scored some major Accelerated Reader points upon completing it. “I’ve always had a passion for showing people just how great their natural texture can be and if you want to wear it different ways like, I can do that too and I like being able to provide that for my clients,” said Mercury.I CHECKED out Antoine De Saint-Exupery's timeless novella from my school library in 5th grade. “As a makeup artist it is essential to understand how to work with all skin tones and all skin types, universally all across the board, you can’t call yourself a makeup artist if you don’t know how to work with all skin tones,” said Santana. “We wanted to come back to a place that was not only more central but a place that had a diverse demographic,” said Santana. "Kathryn and I are both minorities (Puerto Rican) so it’s important to reach out to our community the way that we can, as well as bring in our existing clientele into the mix”, said Santana. Mercury said they wanted a salon that is inclusive and inviting to everyone. There were also safety concerns, “We needed to make sure our space was safe for clients and safe for us, and better for our business to grow in,” said Santana. The salon they were at in Pittsford had about seven people working there with everyone renting their space. Trying to schedule around everyone and meet the new regulations was going to be hard, she said. ![]() She said the information they were hearing made it seem like salons could be dangerous, “COVID could fly in the air with blow dryers,” and that “if you walked past someone you could breathe it in,” said Santana. Beauty Salon Stanwood Book with Muse salon at 7206 267th Street Northwest 101st. ![]()
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