Learning the routine to 'HAIR' and Problem Solving
I think hair is one of the best numbers, physically, in the production. What the audience would have just seen before this song would be 'Margaret Mead' a older lady from the older generation, questioning hippie values and why they wear the hair so long. I think this dance represents how the tribe supports 'Claude' and works together as a company. My favourite part of this choreography is when we are repeating the chorus, we stand in three lines and do a little sequence of movement and tag the next line in, it looks very effective. I think that we do need to relook how we end the peace because after that movement and we are singing and holding our last note it looks very congested when getting in and staying in our final positions. Another issue that occurred a few times was the lift. I think that some people thought that there were enough people to lift Blaize but what they failed to understand is that each person had been designated a body part to be responsible for, so if that body part is not held and is left open the whole lift can be a disaster because the weight is uneven and Blaize will not feel safe. As a cast if we want to be able to be abstract and creative and successfully implement these types of moves in our performance we have to ensure we trust each other and we take our time to avoid any accidents. The aim is to successfully lift him and to successfully lower him to the ground without rushing things. I also feel like those who lifted Blaize rushed to get to the next piece of movement which is not wise because if the lift did take time and overlapped into the next movement, we could jus rearrange some of the choreography so that that wouldn't be the case. How we solved this problem was blocking where we would be standing after the lift, we also timed how long it would take for all of us to lift him. When we did this it was easier to lower him and swiftly move in to our blocked positions and continue with the routine.
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