Better Day!

January 29, 2014

DAY 3: Bigger Crowd

Today was such a great day! Not only was the stage flooded with people, but we got so much done today! I finally got to the point where I got the girls (chorus and angels) and guys (sailors) to finally dance together. What really impressed my with that was that not one of the groups were nervous about dancing with the other person. I think it has to do something with the guys and girls all being a part of show choir meaning that they have good chemistry with each other. It was wonderful seeing that they worked with each other so well.

Another good aspect of the day was that I had a stage full a guys! I had 10 today, usually have 5 or less. Seeing more guys made me super pumped to teach them more things and to see what these guys were made of. I have a guy who is in charge, kind of my male captain, who taught the new guys the moves while I taught the girls their new parts. It is nice that people keep coming, but it is also kind of frustrating because then things need to be retaught which does set back my choreography. That is why I think that it is a smart idea to have a captain with the males and females. Regardless of the men who did not know the moves beforehand had an easy enough time learning the moves. I turned to my male captain to take charge and help teach them.

A mile stone that we made in choreography today was that we started dancing the big dance number. I made sure that I had female dancers for this part because I wanted to add a bit of complexity to the moves and I wanted girls who could pick them up quick. The moves were really fun, energetic, and will definitely get the audiences attention and draw them in even more to the musical.

So all in all, it's been only the third day of rehearsal and we are almost done with the biggest number in the whole musical! Almost done!