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Reflection 3- 5/11/23-10/11/23
We started off with Jess leading a warmup session in preparation of our bodies making sure we don’t pull any muscles. we also did corner to corner work, which helped up gain more knowledge of the dance moves. We then separated into groups of 3 and within the groups we created a choreography from dance sheets. We chose the song ‘dance the night away’ by Dua Lipa as it is a great hip hop song and the choreography was pretty simple. The following day, in dance with Jess, we started practising the opening number to the song ‘Dynamite’, which I really enjoyed because I’m a big fan of kpop and I also love hip-hop choreography, we then proceeded to practise the choreography for ‘accidentally in love’ which was pretty simple as I was part of the ensemble. The next day, with Steph we started talking about ideas for act 1, we then proceeded to start blocking and staging. For the opening we decided its going to start off with puppets whilst the narrator narrates the story.
Reflection 4- 13/11/23-17/11/23
With Jess we finished the rest of the dynamite dance and then we proceeded to start practising the dance to the song ‘bad’ by the one and only ‘Michael Jackson’, I really enjoyed this because the choreography was great and really simple to get the hang of. We then proceeded to start rehearsing the ‘Time warp’ dance which was also very easy.
Reflection 5- 20/11/23-25/11/23
With Sarah we went through act 1 scene 4, which then she had figured most of the cast isn’t off script. She then gave 15 minutes for everyone to try and learn their lines. As I knew my lines I decided to practise the dances instead as they needed a little bit of practise. With Jess we finished the choreography for bad, which I loved and started practising the choreography for celebration. This choreography was choreographed by a peer and it was pretty simple.
Reflection 6- 27/11/23-1/12/23
With Steph we blocked all of act 2 and then worked on scrapbooks. Additionally we had a production meeting discussing costumes and props.
Reflection 7- 4/12/23-8/12/13
We sorted out lighting and sound cues, we then finished practising the celebration dance and started practising the don’t stop believing dance, which is the last dance of the pantomime.
Reflection 8- 10/12/23-14/12/23
Show week. We started of with going over the performance as a whole with Steph. The afternoon cast went first and after the break the evening cast rehearsed. With Jess we practised all the dances, making sure they were perfect. We then went over act 2 with Osman so he can perfect the lighting cues. Show day- Afternoon cast was first and in this performance I was ensemble, it went very smooth, the dances were also great. Then it was the evening cast, in this one I was playing narrator and ensemble, it went amazing and we smashed it!