Choreography

We've been doing rigorous warm ups and stretches in order to prepare our bodies for the loose movements that formed the dance style of 89. Our choreographer is called Ben and he's shown us a series of moves such as the running man, in order for us to embody the youth during the second summer of love.

I found this side of the production really fun and Ben told me I was a very fluid dancer with good rhythm. This came as a complete surprise to me as dance has never really been something I've been good at. However this feedback definitely gave me confidence and allowed me to really jump into the dancing world of the play's setting.

The enthusiasm and passion that went into this rehearsal was really strong and worked well however I have a slight worry for next lesson when Ben isn't in, incase the energy lacks or choreography is forgotten.

Another thing that Ben helped us with was transitions between scenes. For example, during some transitions there are rave sections which includes a crowd of ravers that surrounds and carries on the actors for the next scene and takes away the actors from the prior scene. This transition is really smart and almost mimics a special effect in the sense that people disappear and then reappear as if by magic in front of the audiences eyes.

Another transition would be from the first set of choreography to the first scene in which we all go from dancing, to dancing in slow motion which really accentuates the idea and look of being completely in our own world. There's a real feel of everyone being on ecstasy and dancing till the end of time. This then goes back into real time dancing before Escalus and Angelo are seen from each side of the stage and everyone runs off stage as though they are dodging the police. This automatically set the scene for the audience because it becomes obvious that Angelo and Esculus are of higher importance and feared by the young ravers.