Variety Show 28th February 2015

02/03/15 Puppetry:

Independently taking on the notes from last week in the morning we started to progress with the puppetry piece adding in Alex. We need to change the music because the timing isn't right with when the disco comes in as Alex hadn't exited the room yet. I think it works better now there is a concept and I feel like I can have more fun in the dance more but we just need to work definition of movements at the beginning with Alex controlling us; it's more an illusion than literal. I think it works a lot better and we aren't changing anything we just need to work on a lift section which we wanted to do with Claire and work out the ending to when Alex comes back on.

Coco:

This was a lot of fun to devise and be in however when suggested ideas from anymore we didn't try them out, there was a lot of standing around talking. We tried one idea and then when other people like Erol added ideas to develop it some people weren't listening and Lewis was talking over him and I think the way we started to devise this as a company was really bad and lacked communication but the end product is working. We worked this a few times today and we got loads of ideas and developed it and now have an act, we are all gangsters but we need the police alarm at the end for the signal to run. I think it works and is funny, I like the parody moments which is Bouon-esque that we are heightened characters of society taking a political issue like drugs and making a parody of it. I'm happy with where it is going I think there can be more dynamic in and we need to clean up when the dance section comes and be in time with the music and the sning on the coco bit. The slow motion section we

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My Strengths Focus

This week my focus has been on point, I have had to be focused to make sure that I have run through all of the performances and with the teching it requires concentration.

Be part of a company

This week we have really had to be apart of a team because the week of the show we have had a lot of stress with trying to get the show together and teching.

Getting show ready Doing daily warm up and cool downs have really helped me get into shape to be show fit and I feel like I have been very disciplined to get to this place.

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need to work on because the music is so punchy it's hard not to get caught up in the beat.

Stamp:

Stomp really isn't working Alex raised the point that the company weren't happy with how it was going and Erol and charley just wanted to make music so we changed it to a similar aect as the opening. This is the closing of act one and it needs to be big, before my face was just cringing because the noise just pained me. Now we have a more samba beat and are getting the audience involved now as well as mimicking the beginning with Sam interpreting us and it's more of a moment than a whole act which I don't think works unless we had more time and a better storyline.

The Promise:

We went over the promise and now after not rehearsing singing we have cut that so we are just doing the dancing and now changing it back to the Brits track so they have the vocals but this means that the choreography is changing slightly as it is just another dance number. So in the whole show I am mostly dancing. We need to make the feathers more floaty and be more showgirl with smiles and walking in heels. I think it needs to work and because we are choreographing new sections only two days before the show there will be a lot to take on.

03/03/15 The Promise:

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My WeaknessesTime We have had little time this week and still changing and not finishing off ideas for the show and I think we need to just go with one idea and run with it instead of changing.

Poise During the promise looking back on videos I need to have more poise and I realise this is something I have a problem with being slouched and being tall. I need to work on my posture and add these to the characters I play.

Physical clarity I need to go over all of the choreography and make sure it is clean and there is a lot of clarity with the movements and be really precise with it.

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Now we've cut singing it does feel odd just smiling all of the time but I think the routine that we have added with the feathers gives the piece more complexity and dynamic. There is a lot of timing issues at the moment and the floor section needs some going over and I need to add more of a cheeky character with it. I feel odd not singing but doing these moves would be bad if the voice was going all over the place. The timing at the end needs work as well because we need to get up and down the stairs and get Harriet up for the lift right at the end. I think the piece as a whole works a lot better and I think the feathers are really interesting and add something to the piece over all.

Puppetry:

We worked the entrance with being on strings and I thought it wasn't going to work and the strings were going to get caught up but it did start to work really well and give a great illusion. When we came on we have merged the routine with the beginning so there is a better transition into it now. The choreography is still the same but now in the 70's dance there is a dierent feel and intention inside it but it feels a lot better. I feel like I can now have more fun and go for it. We then looked at the lift section which isn't actually that long and I have a lift with Lewis and so does Daniella and then I try to get up and then do another lift, although

they don't come and the crescendo moments in the music but I think it still will look good. We still need to prefect the timing of the lifts so that we are safe however I think the choreography is on point but we need to make the beginning section sharper.

SEX:

Working this for me just show how much we have gone back, we had such a great energy the other week when we rehearsed the routine but it wasn't as good. I think because we have taken out the lap dance which I think brings back the class however it doesn't feel as fun because we aren't moving the audience around, they are just moving around freely and I don't feel that I have much of a dominant connection with them now. I do push them away from the chairs but I don't feel that I've got that much power that I had before. I need to make the movements bigger and bolder and also gain my dominance back but I think I should add in some more vocals that sound demanding like "here" or "stay". It's in an alright place but when we ran it there were a few things that when wrong like the lifts and the attitude and I need to focus on my facial expression because I don't know what my mouth is doing and how I'm looking. I think we need to go over where the audience is at some points but when they really are reacting it makes me feel better and more inside what I'm doing as well as bouncing o them.

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04/03/15 Rehearsing:

We rehearsed S.E.X this morning and I felt like I've tried to take it bigger and we did it also in costume and I feel this is very revealing. Amber and Alex are a lot more confident than I am and I'm suppose to be the leader, I'm just going to have to go with it and bring that out. I feel vulnerable as Julia but not as violet. We the. Went through our entrances and exits and mine are pretty basic as I'm not in that many acts I mainly come o DSR. I felt that the company's focus has been good today however the energy has been low so that is something we need to raise up however when it comes to the show there will be a lot more nervous energy.

Tech:

We started the tech and it was good to go through the show and to see what it's going to look like as we have just been in blacks and not a lot of lighting. I feel like the piece is coming together more but it is making me more nervous because the show is tomorrow and we are only working transitions today which is so late. Some of the acts have changed and only just been looked at but for myself I feel I'm in a good place with knowing what act I'm in and where I'm going.

Run through 50%:

The run through overall I think went alright there were a few hiccups with the strings for the puppets and when watching money makes the world go round was really comical but wasn't supposed to go that way. There are a lot of issues but I think when we have more of a run tomorrow and try and fix the things we know went bad and where props where. I think it was beneficial to go through the entrances and exits so I knew where I was suppose to be and when but when we put on the strings for puppet it was so dark and I was by myself trying to untie the strings. There were a few technical errors like music and lighting cues but that is what run throughs are for. Carleigh said to do it at 50% eort and it was but I felt some of the moments I went full out because I found it hard to do 50% and it didn't feel good enough. I felt that I did well with the changes in costume and the whole show I think there is a structure but the moments that need work are

-the promise choreography section past getting into the circle spin

- puppets and strings

- stamp getting the audience involved.

05/03/15 Show 1:

Lack of energy

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Sex went well missing balance

The promise more poise

Clearer movements and in sync in promise

Puppetry nice facial reaction

Strings need work got put the wrong way

Saved the strings julia

The coco end scene needs more clarity

Slow motion hitting isn't working

The end dance was high energy nice

Ending needs work not knowing when to get audience o

06/03/15 Show 2:

Better energy

Sex music didn't come in

Nice save from Sam

Harder to get the crowd going

Puppetry went nice well strings were better

Last frog scene went a lot better

Last dance went better at the end and the audience got involved more

Nice ending

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