On Monday we went through the dance to 'The Nicest Kids In Town' a few times. Some minor changes had been made last week, so I remembered to include these in my weekly additional rehearsals. I didn't make too many mistakes, but I still feel as though I need to polish the routine further and I need to work on getting into position and staying in line with the other dancers, as well as getting my timing exactly right. Last week I choreographed 8 sets of 8 to add to the end of the routine and I got to practise these with my dance partner, Michael, on Monday. My inspiration for the choreography was from other moves in this dance as well as from dance moves from the 'You Can't Stop The Beat' choreography and 'Hairspray' the musical. I feel that taking inspiration from previous dance routines is a good way of choreographing and I will remember this if I have to choreograph a short routine again.
Today's lesson began with a warm up. I managed to complete all the exercises, including the 'core strengthening excercises'. I still feel as though I could be more elegant in the 'ballet-type excersises'. The best way to achieve this is by improving my posture and extending movements all the way to my finger tips. I also need to engage my core more.
We went through 'The Nicest Kids In Town' and although I remembered all of the dance moves, I barely remembered the lyrics and harmonies to the song. I definitely need to go over the lyrics to this over and over again, until they fixed in my head. I am setting myself the target of being able to sing all the chorus parts to this song, without stopping to think of the next words, by Sunday. We also went through 'When I Grow Up'. I am still getting the choreography wrong, so I did not complete last weeks target as, once again, I was learning the wrong choreography. I desperately need to go through this dance with someone who knows it, so I must remember to ask someone. Despite going through the lyrics for this song through the week, I kept mixing the verses up. It might help to watch and listen to the video of 'When I Grow Up', as I will be able to remember the visual imagery that goes with each verse. I am setting myself the target of being able to sing this entire song, without stopping to think of the next words, by Monday.
Afterwards we went through 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'. I remembered the first half of the dance, but since part of the dance changed, my timing for the second half of the dance was completely off. Therefore, I am setting myself the target of being able to go through this entire dance, with the new changes and timing, without stopping, by Sunday. I intend to achieve this by continuing to go through each dance 5 times a day, paying extra attention to the new changes. I stayed at college late again today, as I said I would last week. I helped others to learn 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' and I asked them for help on the changed moves. I feel as though I now know the exact timing, and so I am better able to practise at home.
Chris asked me to help him with his magic act. He planned to sing 'I Got Friends On The Other Side' from The Princess And The Frog, while performing magic tricks. I was originally suppose to be one of his comical assistants. As research, I watched the film, to get a better idea of the original song's context and I watched the video 5 times in a row to better understand my role in the act: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZAY-78zhmw. I listened to the magician's instructions and worked on developing my character, taking the direction of the magician.
Later, however, it was suggested that we take this act down a more comical route. This way lack of resources and time wont be such a hindrance. I put forward some ideas for comical and obviously fake magic tricks. I will also do some research throughout the week to see if I can find any more of these types of tricks. Here are some examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJY_2rHpekQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjowJxK4lfk
I was also asked to compare on Saturday. So I will rehearse for this at home by learning the running order and practising being more charismatic.
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