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    Posted: 3/01/07 at 11:49pm
I feel I should post here now that I suggested this forum!

I am a frequent choroegrapher for community theatre and a dance teacher with a dance degree. I also work part-time in the office at our local comm. theatre. Anyone else here a choreographer or looking for choreography/movement tips, advice, solutions, resources, or comraderie?

I will be choreographing Once Upon a Mattress starting this month and have done work for other shows such as Fiddler on the Roof, The Wizard of Oz, Joseph and the ATDC, Babes In Arms, Bye Bye Birdie, The King and I, and more.
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bullet Posted: 3/02/07 at 3:03am
You're doing Once Upon A Mattress?!!  Lucky, lucky you.  Someday....
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bullet Posted: 3/05/07 at 10:37am
Hello!  I, too am a frequent choreographer for community theatre as well as a dance teacher.  In the past couple of years I have also moved into directing, mostly for musicals, as I find it is much easier for me to achieve my overall vision by doing both directing & choreography.  Just finished up "Seussical" last fall, and our group is looking at possibly mounting JC Superstar this fall.  Some other recent shows I've worked on were "Joseph", "Annie", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Brigadoon" and "Stepping Out".  I am very excited about this forum - I hope it will be a great source of information and sharing!
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bullet Posted: 3/13/07 at 12:59am
DBF ~

Good luck with OUAM! That was such a fun show to do in our group, lots of campy moments, and all sorts of creative opportunities for dance. Probably one of my favorites was "Swamps of Home." Our choreographer did not use a lot of dance steps, but the movement made the chorus fit in very well with the 'swamp' theme (kind of a swamp grass look). One of the funniest numbers in the show, I thought.

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The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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Hi everyone! Some have suggested that I consider directing at some point. With my other duties as a teacher (and soon to be mom!), I've typically dismissed the idea because of time, however, after doing a show not long ago where I felt like I did a lot of directing for the Director anyway, I've thought about it more seriously!

OUAM is a really fun musical. I'm enjoying the variety and humor inherent in the songs. It's fun to choreograph because one can be really creative. I'm a little worried about fitting everything into the director's schedule right now. We are getting a late start (spring break's a pain) and the schedule is limited because of actor conflicts. I'm hoping we have time for the major numbers, let alone some of the smaller ones!

I too am looking forward to this forum! I already had a bit of a rant in the other post because of pay inequality for choreographers. We dancers are always at the bottom of the totem pole! *sigh*
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bullet Posted: 3/19/07 at 1:31pm
I just gotta ask this...Wink
 
Why is that everyone working on a show feels that they are at the bottom of the totem pole (with the possible exception of the director)? Actors (we've all heard the complaint that they're treated like cattle), stage crew, lights, sound, house manager, music director, set construction, you name it... we're always complaining that "we don't get no respect!" There's a sociology term paper in this somewhere!
 
Sorry, couldn't resist...
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bullet Posted: 3/19/07 at 1:56pm
Because we all have our thing and we all think our thing is the most important thing. We think of our thing first and how everyone else thing effects our thing. Because the director needs all of the things to work we all feel we need to get our thing right... Not to add that when you have that many creative folks in one place there is bound to be issues, its what binds us together really, folks with very different skills come together to make art. our differences make us stronger...
not sure that made sense. maybe a little to corn ball but hey you asked!
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bullet Posted: 3/19/07 at 2:58pm
Awful lot of "things" in that statement, but it makes sense.
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bullet Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:18am
Perhaps because those at the top of the totum pole don't take the time to acknowledge those who feel they're at the bottom of the totum pole and say thank you for all your hard work!  (See my other post on this very topic.)
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bullet Posted: 3/20/07 at 8:24am
One of the benefits of working with a smaller group is that we all swap off... One show's lead could very easily be the next show's stage manager (happened more than once this season). We're friends first, then theater people. We've all been there and done that (in our place, if you want to direct, you have to be active backstage as well as onstage). We all know that sitting on top of the totem pole can be very uncomfortable if there's a point on top.
 
I kind of thought I was making a funny when I raised the question, but it looks like this is a bigger issue than I thought. Having worked virtually every job a show can require (and some that were made up on the spot), I learned long ago that every job is important and treat it accordingly.
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