My ideal performance. Get into it, it is much.

A few years ago Kate Bush came out with an album called Aeriel. The second disk is one long 45-minute song, a journey from morning to evening then morning again. The last two songs are called Nocturn and Aeriel. Every time I listen to them my dream show comes into focus:

It would be in Ibiza on the beach just before sunrise. Naturally, Kate Bush would miraculously overcome her fear of flying specifically to come see me perform this amazing tribute to her art.
My show starts with me as the Lady in the Moon. I would be suspended from scaffolding, perched on a glowing sculpture of a crescent moon.

I would begin to lipsynch and as the sun slowly rises, the moon would fall, revealing my costume, a shroud of glimmering silver fabric blowing in the wind with tails and trains at least 50 feet long. This costume would be slowly illuminated by all colors as the sun rises. As the second song begins the moon would slowly descend to the ground. The stage, which appeared empty, would then undulate with movement. The sun would illuminate previously hidden shapes: that of dancers shrouded with exuberant fabrics in all the colors of the sunrise. At least 50 dancers, mind you, and not just ANY dancers: the complete cast of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company.

As the music builds, a flurry of brightly colored fabrics would swirl and swirl as the dancers strip off their clothing until completely nude, except a light dusting of gold shimmer. They would part like the sea to remove my now sunrise-colored shroud and reveal me in crystal-covered glory: a nude bodysuit encrusted entirely in Swarovski crystals. Not ONLY am I encrusted in crystals, darling, I’m also wearing crystal-encrusted pointe shoes. At this point I would begin a stunning pointe variation complete with 32 fuetés. At the close of the song, the dancers would form a human pyramid, using their hands to elevate me once more against the now-shining sun.

Ms. Bush would be moved to tears and thank me for helping her get over her fear of flying. She would be so overcome with emotion she would then ask me to choreograph a ballet for which she would write original music, so as to travel the world singing live while I perform alongside her.

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