Day nineteen: Mong Yeon (A Love in Dream)

There have been about two shows that left me feeling like I was hit over the head (emotionally speaking), and this was one of them. This was a stunningly beautiful Korean story about losing love. Three women played instruments for the music far downstage, and two other women on the sides with a piano and a cello played occasionally, too. For some reason I have this thing for white sheets, and they had a huge one in the back that they sometimes dropped and pulled up to separate characters, use shadows, and play with light. Movement and dance in the piece heightened the emotions ten-fold, whether they were positive or painful. They simply did an incredible job of expressing yearning and what it can make a person do. I can't really say more about it, other than that it was totally beautiful, captivating, and emotionally enveloping.