Today I was learning the last
bit of choreography before the show next week. All that was left to choreograph
was the final dance in show which is to ‘This is me’ from The Greatest Showman.
The style of this dance is street/jazz.
To start the session, I did
some stretching to make sure that all my muscles were warm before we started
doing any choreography.
The dance has been split into
3 sections – the chorus phrase, the verse phrase and then a small filler
phrase. There are also some other little pieces of choreography throughout the
piece which fill in the gaps between phrases. Separating the dance into phrases
will make it easier for me to learn due to some of the phrases being repeated throughout
the routine.
I am normally quite good at
learning choreography but for some reason, I really struggled with learning
this choreography. I think this is because it was a style that I am not really
used to and is still quite new to me compared to all of the other styles of
dance which I have been doing for many years. However, I have been able to take
some classes in this style of dance this year which have helped me to improve
on my technique and become a better all-round dancer.
After learning the 2 main
phrases, we thought about how the dance is going to start. This needed to be carefully
considered because we need to take into consideration when I will have a
costume change and how much time I will need. After much deliberation we
decided that I would start the dance on stage sitting on a block. I should have
enough time to get onto stage in blackout if we make sure that there is enough
narration/music. We will consider this when recording the voiceover. If I don’t
end up having enough time, this will be easily changeable After sitting on the
block for a while, I will stand up and then go into the choreography.
I will have to practice this
routine every time that I have a spare few minutes to make sure that it is
ready for the show next week. Once I have got the choreography in my head, I
will then be able to add some emotion and power into it to make it more dynamic
when performing it.
Here are some notes from the
choreography:
· Start sitting on the bloc – head down and hunched into
knees
· Stand up and go into phrase 1 which then moves
straight into phrase 2 and then straight back into phrase 1 again
· At the end of phrase 1 the second time round, end on
the floor in a lunge and squeeze up to standing then go into the travelling
forward (marching with singles and doubles)
· Into phrase 3
· Into phrase 2
· Travel over towards the block to leap off it and travel
diagonally to stage right
· Move back to centre stage to start phrase 2 again
· Finish standing centre stage
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