DAVID EDGAR WALTHER IMPRESSIONIST: PASSIONATE DARK; DEEP NIGHT DREAMS
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Volume IX. Burlesque Ballets & Mimes: queer stories with song, mime and dance, with lots of drag.
underlined means that a full or partial recording is available on this website.

​Book I: Burlesque Ballets: 
2.   The Journey: 24#; 1/4 recorded; a trans ballet; ff/mm/(o):  4-5 singers, 4-5 dancers; f&m N; perc. hrp., str. & or pno. (Joyce)
3.   Ample Make This Bed: (A.I.D.S.): 95 or 110 min.: all male cast: Bb, chorus, reader, dancers, pno., or orch. (Dickinson).

Book II: Burlesque Mimes: 
1.    Phone Sex: 16 min.; 4#; all male cast; Bb, N, 3 mimes, synth.; (after Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand);
2.   Confessions of a Fat Slut: 20 min.; 10 #; all male cast; Bb 3-6 mimes, Bb, synth.;
3.   Peter Pansy; 8#; mixed cast: 1 signer (M), 3 male/ 2 female actors, 1 mime, pno.; (Walther);
4.   Andrew's Dream: 9#; mixed cast: or S  A  T  b  B  2N dancers & pno. (Hubbard); : 
5.   Medusa Sedusa: 5 min. & 14 sec,;1 #; all male cast: 2 male mimes, pno..
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  • Listen
    • Orchestral Music
    • Opera & Oratorio
    • Song Cycles
  • Watch
    • Opera
    • Dance
    • Animation
  • About
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • Biography >
      • short bio
    • Education
    • Teachers
    • Press
    • Activism
    • Family
    • Crazy Dinosaurs >
      • Watch Crazy Dinosaurs
      • Watch Eurydice
      • Watch Dynosaur
    • Emily Dickinson
    • James Joyce
    • Critical Editions
  • Music
    • I. Chamber
    • II. Keyboard
    • III. Orchestra
    • IV. Dance
    • V. Voice
    • VI. Chorus
    • VII. Opera
    • VIII. Sung Burlesque
    • IX. Burlesque Ballet & Mime
  • Summaries
    • I. Chamber summary
    • II. Keyboard summary
    • III. Orchestral Summary
    • IV. Dance Summary
    • V. Voice summary
    • VI. Chorus summary
    • VII. Opera summary
    • VIII. Sung Burlesques summary
    • IX. Burlesque Ballets & Mimes Summary
  • Photos
  • Contact