{"id":7627,"date":"2012-03-07T12:23:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T12:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=7627"},"modified":"2012-03-07T12:23:51","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T12:23:51","slug":"john-cages-musicircus-at-eno-astonishingly-good-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/john-cages-musicircus-at-eno-astonishingly-good-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cage&#8217;s Musicircus at ENO: astonishingly good fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/john-cage-musicircus-eno-19.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos and fun at John Cage's Musicircus at ENO English National Opera, Charing Cross London, 3rd March 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now this was <em>tremendous<\/em> fun. On Saturday, the English National Opera put on a performance of a\u00a0chaotic\u00a0performance piece by the legendary\u00a0American\u00a0composer John Cage.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/john-cage-musicircus-eno-33.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos and fun at John Cage's Musicircus at ENO English National Opera, Charing Cross London, 3rd March 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"448\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The free\u00a0performance\u00a0took place in the London Coliseum, with visitors to take a circular route around the building where all manner of\u00a0unexpected\u00a0and interesting performances were going on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/john-cage-musicircus-eno-16.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos and fun at John Cage's Musicircus at ENO English National Opera, Charing Cross London, 3rd March 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"424\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/john-cage-musicircus-eno-35.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos and fun at John Cage's Musicircus at ENO English National Opera, Charing Cross London, 3rd March 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Strange musical sounds, recitals, bands and dancers would stop and start,\u00a0seemingly\u00a0spontaneously, creating an \u00a0&#8216;Alice in Wonderland&#8217; \u00a0vibe &#8211; at times it felt\u00a0like\u00a0I&#8217;d ingested some top-notch drugs!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/john-cage-musicircus-eno-14.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos and fun at John Cage's Musicircus at ENO English National Opera, Charing Cross London, 3rd March 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"459\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/john-cage-musicircus-eno-03.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos and fun at John Cage's Musicircus at ENO English National Opera, Charing Cross London, 3rd March 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/john-cage-musicircus-eno-04.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos and fun at John Cage's Musicircus at ENO English National Opera, Charing Cross London, 3rd March 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"453\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although things seemed chaotic, all the performers were playing to a strict timetable, with their movements &#8211; and long periods of silence &#8211; dictated by synchronised stopwatches.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/john-cage-musicircus-eno-02.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos and fun at John Cage's Musicircus at ENO English National Opera, Charing Cross London, 3rd March 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"421\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to describe how\u00a0wondrous\u00a0this event was &#8211; it reminded me a bit of some of the early Cooltan\u00a0Collective\u00a0performances\u00a0in Brixton &#8211; but if you ever get chance to see it &#8211; GO!<\/p>\n<p>See more photos of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/john-cage-musicircus-eno-march-2012.html\" target=\"_blank\">John Cage&#8217;s MUSICIRCUS at the English National Opera here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now this was tremendous fun. 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