[musictlk] dancing in big musical numbers!

Sarah alawami marrie12 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 14 04:09:20 UTC 2010


I uess asign  who will elp you during part of the dance if you need tomove
and make ure by rehearsals youa re always right there on the right count.
This is wat I did when I did dances.

-----Original Message-----
From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Robert j
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:37 PM
To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [musictlk] dancing in big musical numbers!

Sorry to say I can not give you any real life practicle feed back or advice.
I was in a small play once in college but it was more like an extended 4 or
5 sceene skit.
Just wanted to congradulate you on getting to take part in the production.
Hope you have a lot of fun both rehersing and performing.
Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
Behalf Of Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:22 PM
To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [musictlk] dancing in big musical numbers!


Hi, everyone,

As happiness would have it, I  have a small part in our local production of
the Wizard of Oz.  My actual part is to be the farm hand who happens to be
sitting handily nearby on a stump with a guitar when Dorothy needs to sing
Over the Rainbow.  I'm very excited about this.  I've played in many
situations, but never in a musical and never with a real orchestra.

I'm also in the chorus: just one more alto.  Originally, the chorus was not
going to dance, but now, it turns out we *are* dancing.  so, my question:

Has anyone out there  done this?  I'm not a dancer: I can step and kick and
box step and I've done a little square dancing, that sort of thing, but
dancing in a mass of folks is a new adventure for me.  I looked up all those
terms dancers give their footwork and learned how they go, and I know a
person or two in the chorus who will go over things with me.  I've
discovered I'm perfectly OK with the big mass number so far (more or less as
ok as the other nondancers), but there are smaller groups who apparently are
going to zip on and off the stage, and the whole business is, of course,
very loud!

I have a few thoughts about how to accomplish all this, but I'd love to
exchange notes with anyone who has a musical under his or her belt.
I'd also like to be able to tell the director: "sure, no worries: I know six
other blind people who have done this already."

Yours from the Emerald City,
Sheri







Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen


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