We are back! After a phenomenal first rehearsal, we continued the fun at the next practice! Like I said before, we rehearsed the finale (yes, odd that we start there) and we continued the process of fine tuning the dance. Cami (our choreographer) finished the nuts and bolts and started the process of fine tuning by putting the smaller dance sets with the larger ensemble pieces.
When all was said and done the dance looked fantastic! Its hard to put into words the awe you feel when you see the cast start to gel together so quickly! The highlight of the evening was our attempts at stage diving... we decided to have the character Ryan (played by Diego) dive over the cast, where the goal was for them to catch him. Now... it was nerve rattling at first... but Diego and the cast were troopers.
They tried a low drop on his first time... then we had him turning mid dive to land on his back... both seemed equally unsuitable. Finally he dropped from a similar height, but the cast caught him higher up, which created the desired effect! By the end of the first segment of rehearsal, they got it down!
After a very eventful first half to the evening we sat down for a bit to cool off and we pow wowed. We discussed scripts, music and sets. The main thing I wanted to convey to the cast was that the production, though steeped in the roots of the original movie, is an entirely different creature.
It has been staged as a more theatrical piece, with set changes timed into the show and the ensemble taking on a more active role in the production.
Heck, they even created a new character, the school announcer Jack Scott (played by Paul), to move story at a much faster pace. I think they got the gist of my meaning and from there Cami picked up the pace with more dancing. When the evening was over, I know I felt as if there was an air of accomplishment. Boy, I sure love this gig! : )
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