{exo} turnout // kailu, AU (notes)
NOTES ON "TURNOUT"
This fic was written for grisclair as part of runandgun's summer 2012 challenge. I've made some minor grammatical changes and also fixed some awkward sentences in this version.
"turnout" was, in part, intended to be a tribute to grisclair's own fic, " Arbitrage". It is far less in scope and intricacy, but one must acknowledge one's inspirations, and beg forgiveness. I hope this fic gave grisclair just a little of the joy and entertainment she has given me with her writing.
This is the longest fic I've ever written for any fandom, so I hope you'll forgive me for rambling a bit. Since I myself am not a ballet dancer and didn't have a beta on hand who was one, I did my best to get as many details right as I could, but happily welcome any corrections for mistakes I made. In preparation for writing this fic, I read Barbara Newman's collection of essays/interviews, Grace Under Pressure, as well as Julie Kavanagh's biography of Rudolf Nureyev. Both are really fascinating works. The anecdote about Nureyev stealing a high releve from ballerinas to give an impression of being en pointe (all his life he was plagued with the notion that his legs were too short to be truly perfect) is actually from Kavanagh's book.
I did not write about "into your world" with music in mind, but I imagined the last act, especially Jongin's bravura measures, to be set to something resembling "Kaifuku suru kizu", from the "All About Lily Chou-Chou" soundtrack. I made a mix to go along with this fic (here), and "Kaifuku suru kizu" is one of the tracks, if you'd like to hear it that way instead.
The description of Taemin's work "Toreador, to dearest" is based off the Carmen-inspired work featured in the title story of Seduce Me After the Show, by est em. In "Seduce Me After the Show" it is a tango dance, not a ballet, but it is performed by an ex-Bolshoi ballet dancer. The song that Lu Han sings when Jongin is falling asleep is, of course, DBSK's "Bolero". The song that Sehun favored and Jongin chooses from Lu Han's iPod is, of course, TaeTiSeo's "Twinkle".
PASIV, projections, and all other dream-related terms belong to Christopher Nolan's "Inception". Black Rider, incidentally, is the nickname given to Saito while he's in the dreamcade, in the opening pages of the Inception prequel "The Big Under". I didn't have "Black Swan" in mind when writing this story, but in retrospect, it seems obvious, doesn't it?
Both Red Detachment and White-Haired Girl were model ballets performed in the 1960s in Communist China by the National Ballet of China. They differ from traditional occidental ballets, as they often double as operatic musicals and incorporate elements of folk dancing. Both are available online, for those who are interested in seeing them. The Shanghai Ballet Company did in fact do a revival of White Haired Girl recently, as well as a ballet interpretation of "In the Mood for Love", so you see why ballet-dancer!Yixing might like the company. :>
Finally, thank you to cheerleader-nim one_if_by_land and herocountry, for putting up with my whining, and editor-unni givemehistory, whose tireless green cursor fixing my stupid typos on gdocs and hawkish eye for detail are a source of constant awe and inspiration. This sounds sappy, but I would never have gotten into this fandom, and would definitely have never stayed in it, if it weren't for you guys.
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This fic was written for grisclair as part of runandgun's summer 2012 challenge. I've made some minor grammatical changes and also fixed some awkward sentences in this version.
"turnout" was, in part, intended to be a tribute to grisclair's own fic, " Arbitrage". It is far less in scope and intricacy, but one must acknowledge one's inspirations, and beg forgiveness. I hope this fic gave grisclair just a little of the joy and entertainment she has given me with her writing.
This is the longest fic I've ever written for any fandom, so I hope you'll forgive me for rambling a bit. Since I myself am not a ballet dancer and didn't have a beta on hand who was one, I did my best to get as many details right as I could, but happily welcome any corrections for mistakes I made. In preparation for writing this fic, I read Barbara Newman's collection of essays/interviews, Grace Under Pressure, as well as Julie Kavanagh's biography of Rudolf Nureyev. Both are really fascinating works. The anecdote about Nureyev stealing a high releve from ballerinas to give an impression of being en pointe (all his life he was plagued with the notion that his legs were too short to be truly perfect) is actually from Kavanagh's book.
I did not write about "into your world" with music in mind, but I imagined the last act, especially Jongin's bravura measures, to be set to something resembling "Kaifuku suru kizu", from the "All About Lily Chou-Chou" soundtrack. I made a mix to go along with this fic (here), and "Kaifuku suru kizu" is one of the tracks, if you'd like to hear it that way instead.
The description of Taemin's work "Toreador, to dearest" is based off the Carmen-inspired work featured in the title story of Seduce Me After the Show, by est em. In "Seduce Me After the Show" it is a tango dance, not a ballet, but it is performed by an ex-Bolshoi ballet dancer. The song that Lu Han sings when Jongin is falling asleep is, of course, DBSK's "Bolero". The song that Sehun favored and Jongin chooses from Lu Han's iPod is, of course, TaeTiSeo's "Twinkle".
PASIV, projections, and all other dream-related terms belong to Christopher Nolan's "Inception". Black Rider, incidentally, is the nickname given to Saito while he's in the dreamcade, in the opening pages of the Inception prequel "The Big Under". I didn't have "Black Swan" in mind when writing this story, but in retrospect, it seems obvious, doesn't it?
Both Red Detachment and White-Haired Girl were model ballets performed in the 1960s in Communist China by the National Ballet of China. They differ from traditional occidental ballets, as they often double as operatic musicals and incorporate elements of folk dancing. Both are available online, for those who are interested in seeing them. The Shanghai Ballet Company did in fact do a revival of White Haired Girl recently, as well as a ballet interpretation of "In the Mood for Love", so you see why ballet-dancer!Yixing might like the company. :>
Finally, thank you to cheerleader-nim one_if_by_land and herocountry, for putting up with my whining, and editor-unni givemehistory, whose tireless green cursor fixing my stupid typos on gdocs and hawkish eye for detail are a source of constant awe and inspiration. This sounds sappy, but I would never have gotten into this fandom, and would definitely have never stayed in it, if it weren't for you guys.
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