The original "Magic Mike," from 2012, was built on the delicious irony of the celebratory energy of dubious fantasy, on the essential contrast between the solid (dancers' bodies) and the elusive (the illusion of gratification that strippers provide).
By Richard Brody June 30, 2015 The original "Magic Mike," from 2012, was built on the delicious irony of the celebratory energy of dubious fantasy, on the essential contrast between the solid (dancers' bodies) and the elusive (the illusion of gratification that strippers provide).
But there I was, night after night, leaping and twirling to Molly's exact specifications, panting and sweating like a third-string "Solid Gold" dancer.
Patrik Ervell, meanwhile, continued his exploration of stripped-down uniforms, paring them to their bare essence (aviator, policeman, "Solid Gold" dancer?), but how much further can you go?
Walt plays a wise-cracking police scientist and Cher is a tough-talking lawyer, sporting Solid Gold dancer ensembles similar to the outfits she wore in 1987's "Suspect," where she really did star as a lawyer.
In fact, from her days as a Solid Gold dancer, then a member of Shalamar to her award-winning solo success, Watley has never been one to stand still.
But the audience, instead of feeling their anxiety, is distracted by the thought that these hardworking women striking attitudes look just like "Solid Gold" dancers.
The chickens, wonderfully described as parading "around the coop like 'Solid Gold' dancers," sprint toward their food in a manner that delights their owner.
He had a marked tendency to talk about music in religious terms: packed solid with sweating dancers, The Warehouse may have looked like "a pit of hell" but in fact the club was "a church" with a "soulful" atmosphere.
McGinnis is an exceptional dancer, technically solid, with an admirably restrained stage presence; Skarpetowska has physical power and subtle dramatic gifts, beneath a deceptively sweet, girlish exterior.
The piece began with one dancer, Nicole Mannarino — solid, lithe, with a nimbus of brown curly hair — who launched into a series of backward-moving circular stepping patterns, subtle variations on the standard triplet, but more like quadruplets, or quintuplets, which mutated frequently.
