(Toronto) Alanis Morissette knows her jerky body movements in concert are unorthodox, but she says it’s because she has so much pent-up energy in her body that she “can barely contain it.”
Published yesterday at 1:54 p.m.
David Friend The Canadian Press
“I always had the impression that I was a poodle in a black stallion’s body,” the Ottawa singer explained earlier this week. I am an introvert in this extreme extrovert lifestyle. »
Morissette says the intimacy of the scene feels “in a strange way.” […] to a little sparkling goldfish bowl.”
And even though she’s toned down the energy of her dance moves in recent years, she still lives for the “sacred moment” of performing on stage.
The You Oughta Know singer reflected on her stage presence as she discussed the production of the musical “Jagged Little Pill,” which begins performances for a month on October 24 at the Princess of Wales Theater in Toronto.
The musical revolves around a family’s struggles and is based on songs from Morissette’s 1995 debut album of the same name. Her Tony Award-winning book was written by Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody.
“Jagged Little Pill” is Morissette’s first stage production, and although she doesn’t appear in it, she said it inspired her to pursue her own one-woman show that would “really get into the nuts and bolts” of her life.
“I have to tell this story,” she said from Northern California, where she now lives. And you need humor, music and movement. »
She added: “It may not happen tomorrow, but it is something that needs to be expressed.” »
“I give myself ten years. »