Notes from Saturday, Dec. 10 Matinee:
Great show, everyone! I have just a few things for you to think about for next time:
Party Scene:
· The spacing is still a little off when you all make a V-shape for the Boys’ “battement, chasse, battement, bow” step and the Girls’ “sauté attitude, chasse, sauté attitude”. (This is after the March and just before Dr. Stahlbaum leads you as you run under the parents’ arches to start the Father-Daughter dance). Fritz and the inside girl (Jane or Grace, I believe) should be right in line with the couches in the back of the stage, not too close to center. Just be aware of being too close together.
· When the Grandparents enter, the group of girls and boys on stage left (before the candy box) should be a little further AWAY from center, and closer to the wings. If you are too close to center, you block the Grandparents.
· In the Grandparents’ Dance, boys please kneel all together on 8 when you present your partner with the wrist corsage.
Battle:
· Good energy, soliders, and please keep it up!
· And great cheese-throwing, Mattias and Mary—I’d like all casts of Bunnies and Helia to also throw great big fistfuls of cheese as far as you can when the cannon goes off. Take at least two pieces in each hand at one time and throw it really high and far!
Act 2:
· Good job, Angels!
Thank you for settling into B+ all together, Candy Canes and Polichinelles- it looked great. (Can the other casts of Polis and Candy Canes do that as well? In the opening of Act 2, after the boat comes in and the Polis run to the other side of stage before the pantomime, the Candy Canes should watch the Polis so you all settle into B+ at the same time).
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Candy Canes: Also good! (Holley, the first pose before you kneel is a straight leg tendu—I think you were doing plie tendu)
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Polichinelles: Good—we talked about heels forward as you pique arabesque, chasse, tour jete, keeping your arms strong and clean, and not throwing them behind you during the echappe-changement-passe step.
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Finale: Candy Canes, try to lower your hoops all together (stay exactly with the girl in front of you) when you are in the single line along stage left.
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Everyone, keep your port de bras exactly in unison! Try to match the person in front of you precisely, so we see 16 pairs of arms all moving as one.
