It was the fourth sunny day in a row here in Lincoln, and today we had our rehearsal before we go out to enjoy the sun.
The dancers brought some clothes suggestion to be worn as costumes during the performance and we decided that next time, that we are going to rehearse at the theatre, they’ll be wearing them, so that we can have a full image and feeling of themselves.
Next time, I will also time it, so that I see if it is 45 minutes, less or more.
Let’s focus on today’s rehearsal, though.
In case you have been reading the “Re:patterning” blog post, you will understand where the dance choreography goes. It is 1 minute and 10 seconds, but they will repeat it several times. They were learning it fast, like sponges. I think they handled it pretty well. From now on, we are going to be doing the dance coreography together with the rest piece and they will get more accustomed to it.
The dance choreography is somewhat based on the “Body Pressure” text and it contains, I would say, “weird” movements for my dance style. By “weird” I mean, weird legs with easy jumps and then hips movements and hands to shoulders. It is a dance I wanted to make “peculiar” and, thankfully, the dancers felt the same. I didn’t just want to create a ballet or contemporary or even musical and hip-hop that I teach. I wanted it to be unique and to siginfy the “Re:patterning”.
Here you can see a video of the today’s rehearsal:
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