[musictlk] dancing in big musical numbers!

[Jessica Raichle]

I have not done the Wizard of Oz, but I have been in several musicals/shows 
where dancing in a large group has been involved, although not really until 
high school/college.  I had a hard time with it because I did not have 
someone to work with me as much as I needed, but it can definitely be done 
and it can be fun! Have some extra fun for me!
Jessica

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen" <swellsj at bgsu.edu>
To: <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:22 PM
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.
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> 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:
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> 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
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> Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen
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