slow tv and Maestro at Coca Cola cinema during PRAVDA workshop in Vilnius. Chapter 8: fan club
Fans of Maestro who managed to talk their way past security were able to ask him questions about his life as a pimp and hi-hop star. For a small price, physical or financial, they were aloud to pose with him for photos and touch his tiger skin coat.
slow tv and Kristin Tarnes at Coca Cola cinema during PRAVDA workshop in Vilnius. Chapter 8: bunad performance
Here Kristin wearing her Bunad and Jason use Kristin’s everyday Norwegian cloths to investigate contemporary Lithuanian fashion and also test the locals knowledge of life in Norway.
slow tv, Maestro and Just Try Me at Coca Cola cinema during PRAVDA workshop in Vilnius. Chapter 6: break
During this break between the two performances of the film festival while the Maestro rested, Just try me attempted to reconstruct the shape of the room they are about to perform in using play bricks. This is a proven method used by Monkey Bwoy Productionsâ„¢ to give any of our collaborators a sense of place in the difficult world we all live in.
slow tv, Maestro and Just Try Me at Coca Cola cinema during PRAVDA workshop in Vilnius.
Chapter 5: backstage.
Before the big performance The Maestro poses with Just Try Me while his manager and public relations officer anxiously look on. No such nerves for the performers though!
slow tv, Maestro and Just Try Me at Coca Cola cinema during PRAVDA workshop in Vilnius. Chapter 4: rehearsal 2
The Maestro molds the untamed beast of Just Try Me into the pliable yet still aggressive animal needed to fit into his carefully choreographed performance.
slow tv and Just Try Me at Coca Cola cinema during PRAVDA workshop in Vilnius. Chapter 3: preparation for the performance. These young ladies are the premier dance outfit in Lithuania supporting and supported by many major acts in and around Vilnius even sometimes as far afield as Kaunas! Pravda Film Festival are hugely honored and surprised that we managed to book this fantastic troupe. Here you see the girls after they have been “whited up” (The Maestro refuses to be seen with black dancers as he only likes to pimp young white girls), and are having the finishing touches applied to their make-up by Olga the wardrobe woman.