Comments for blood.claat: A Cycle of Blood at http://www.culturemagazine.ca , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.culturemagazine.ca Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:16:49 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/theatre/bloodclaat_a_cycle_of_blood.html#comment-509 The maturing follicles then release another hormone, estrogen. As the follicles ripen over a period of about seven days, they secrete more and more estrogen into the bloodstream. The [url=http://www.womenhealthcenter.net/]Menstruation cycle[/url] is the periods of depression, blood cloat. Estrogen causes the lining of the uterus to thicken. It causes the cervical mucous to change. When the estrogen level reaches a certain point it causes the hypothalmus to release Leutenizing Hormone Releasing Factor (LH-RF) causing the pituitary to release a large amount of Leutenizing Hormone (LH). This surge of LH triggers the one most mature follicle to burst open and release an egg. This is called ovulation - Jehnavi Wed, 05 May 2010 19:38:37 +0100 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/theatre/bloodclaat_a_cycle_of_blood.html#comment-449 Hi anonymous! Thanks for reading. I appreciate it. Clearly, we have a different take on the role nudity plays in this piece. - Wayne C. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:29:24 +0100 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/theatre/bloodclaat_a_cycle_of_blood.html#comment-448 I agree with Anonymous. "blood.claat" begins with a ritual - as the entire piece is built around the ritual of storytelling. To even point out 'the nudity' and try to make an issue of it - is incredibly narrow minded. I am sad that as a reviewer you felt you even had to point it out. It reveals more about your own insecurities than it does about this production. - Anon2 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:22:29 +0100 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/theatre/bloodclaat_a_cycle_of_blood.html#comment-442 Thank you for your comment Anonymous. Your point on my use of the term "new work" is well taken. Five years still seems fairly recent to me, but I can see how that phrase could be misinterpreted. Thank you for calling attention to it. If nudity "only adds to the beauty of the piece" why is it only in the opening scene and not in the rest of the play where we she choses to mime removing her clothing? Thanks again for replying. Wayne C. - Wayne C. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:02:03 +0100 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/theatre/bloodclaat_a_cycle_of_blood.html#comment-438 blood.claat is not d.bi young's new work. This show was first created in 2005 and has since been touring. In addition,as you mention in this review, it is not even her most recent as it is the first what she calls the sankofa cycle of three plays (the other two being benu and word! sound! powah!, these other two were also written in 2005). Therefore it is neither new in that it has been touring for the past five years and that it is not her newest piece. The only people for whom it is new is those audience members who have yet to see it. When I saw this play two years ago while it was part of the Magnetic North Theatre Festival in Vancouver d.bi young was currently well advanced in a pregnancy, which only hightened the stakes and made the performance all the more powerful. In this case, the nudity did not seem gratuitous, it only added to the beauty of the piece. - Anonymous Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:13:57 +0100