Tonight Carl blocked "Baby, Baby, Baby," so only the three couples were called.
Danny and Lizzie's portion of the song shows them having a picnic, drinking beer out of champagne glasses with a napkin as their picnic blanket. It's another sweet moment of fun and intimacy between the two, preparing themselves before facing the challenges of young parenthood. My main struggle for the night, though, was grasping the rocker/goofball side of Danny in this song. Marcus told me to open up and start playing more with the choices I was making, addressing a concern I had about reverting to stock choices in Career Prep class. This marks the beginning of really finding Danny's personality; what about it is similar to or different from mine? How can I make my performance different than anything I've done before?
Monday, October 4, 2010
9/28-29/10 - 6th & 7th Rehearsals
Dance week begins!
For the past couple of nights we've been choreographing the opening number, "We Start Today." Carl's staging of the couples mainly furthers our introduction from the preceding scene. This scene hasn't been blocked yet, so there's still some feeling out to do. In Danny and Lizzie's case, it shows more of the fun and intimacy that the two share.
The biggest moment for the couples is the discovery of and reaction to the women's pregnancies. Danny's reaction is very compounded; I'm fearful, but quickly put on the mask of an uneasy smile as I hug Lizzie on the final button of the song. This will inform a LOT of my work for the rest of the show, as Danny tries to be cheerfully responsible to hide how terrified he is.
The only other work that has been done at these rehearsals is the opening "sperm ballet," which I am unfortunately not part of, but come on...how often can you say you're part of a show with a sperm ballet?
NOTE: Michael Adams has been replaced by freshman Michael Tallon.
For the past couple of nights we've been choreographing the opening number, "We Start Today." Carl's staging of the couples mainly furthers our introduction from the preceding scene. This scene hasn't been blocked yet, so there's still some feeling out to do. In Danny and Lizzie's case, it shows more of the fun and intimacy that the two share.
The biggest moment for the couples is the discovery of and reaction to the women's pregnancies. Danny's reaction is very compounded; I'm fearful, but quickly put on the mask of an uneasy smile as I hug Lizzie on the final button of the song. This will inform a LOT of my work for the rest of the show, as Danny tries to be cheerfully responsible to hide how terrified he is.
The only other work that has been done at these rehearsals is the opening "sperm ballet," which I am unfortunately not part of, but come on...how often can you say you're part of a show with a sperm ballet?
NOTE: Michael Adams has been replaced by freshman Michael Tallon.
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