Thank you all for working so hard this past week. The tech and dress rehearsals were long and sometimes confusing, I know, and you all did really well with staying focused and alert. The performances on Saturday and Sunday were also very good! I was proud of you and your work, and you should be proud of yourselves as well. However, I do have a few general notes....
Party Scene:
All Party Girls and Party Boys need to check and then double-check their drawstrings and shoelaces before going on stage. No drawstrings sticking out, and NO shoelaces coming untied!
Party Girls, keep remembering to hold your skirts during the Father-Daughter dance and Grandfather's Dance.
The spacing has been good, but please don't forget to keep checking your marks, keeping the lines and formations straight.
Good job with fixing the Lullaby semi-circle, girls.
Battle Scene:
Soldiers have been good, but the energy and sharpness cannot start to diminish! Every single performance has to be as strong as the first one.
You're getting a little slow to move into the V, after the second charge. You should start moving into the V on 5, at the exact moment the Sabres stab the mouse.
Act 2:
Reminder to Polis and Candy Canes to bow with energy, quickly, and in unison to the Sugarplum Fairy.
Great job, Angels!
Polichinelles: In those costumes, you have to pay extra attention to keeping shoulders down and stretching your arms. Also, 5th positions during the echappes and passes at the end of the dance!!!
Candy Canes: Good work- keep up the energy, turn out your balances!
Finale:
Candy Canes, your lines weren't so great on Sunday during your Finale step-- keep yourselves shoulder to shoulder during the saute-run-assembles, and travel!
ALL: After the curtain comes in and you move to position to bow, wait until the curtain has raised about 3/4 of the way up before you take your steps forward to bow. Otherwise, the lights haven't come up on you enough yet and you're still in shadow.
