As one of my lead dancers (Natasha) was not at this session I used Grace to understudy her part at the beginning and I also taught a different part of the dance for Take A Letter Miss Jones
Thursday, 3 December 2015
Videos - 10/11/15
As one of my lead dancers (Natasha) was not at this session I used Grace to understudy her part at the beginning and I also taught a different part of the dance for Take A Letter Miss Jones
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Taught so far
Taught
Choreographed but not taught
Not choreographed
Partially choreographed
00:00 - 00:31 OVERTURE - TRIO
So did y' hear the story
Of the Johnstone twins?
As like each other as two new pins
How one was kept and the other given away,
how they were born and they died on the self same day
Tell me it's not true
Say it's just a story
00:31 - 01:01 MY CHILD - DUO
01:01 - 01:32 EASY TERMS - DUO
01:48 - 02:13 GYPSIES IN THE WOOD - DUO AND FREEZE
02:13 - 02:20 BRIGHT NEW DAY - DUO
We're getting out
We're movin' house,
We're starting all over again.
02:20 - 03:23 ENTR'ACTE - TRIO
OUR MICKEY'S JUST TURNED FOURTEEN
Y' KNOW HE'S AT THAT AGE
WHEN YOU MENTION GIRLS, OR COURTING,
HE FLIES INTO A RAGE
SHUT UP TALKING ABOUT ME, MOTHER.
HE'S GOT A THING FOR TAKING BLACKHEADS OUT,
AND HE THINKS THAT I DON'T KNOW,
THAT HE DREAMS ALL NIGHT OF GIRLS WHO LOOK LIKE MARILYN MONROE
HE'S EVEN STARTED DANCING, SECRET DANCING
AND THAT OTHER CHILD OF MINE,
I HAVEN'T SEEN FOR YEARS, ALTHOUGH
EACH DAY I PRAY HE'LL BE OK,
UNLIKE POOR MARILYN MONROE
03:24 - 03:40 THAT GUY - DUO
03:40 - 04:11 SUMMER SEQUENCE - TRIO
and who'd dare tell the lambs in spring
what fate the later seasons bring
who'd tell the girl in the middle of the pair
the price she'll have to pay for just being there.
and only if we could predict no changes in the weather
and only if we didn't live in life, as well as dreams
and only if we could stop and be forever,
just eighteen.
04:11 - 04:45 TAKE A LETTER MISS JONES - QUINTET
these days, we call it leisure
it's just another sign of the times,
Miss Jones, it's
just another sign of the times
04:45 - 05:08 THE ROBBERY - DUO
05:09 - 05:42 MARILYN MONROE 3 - SOLO
THE JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY
SENT HIM DOWN FOR SEVEN YEARS
SEEMS LIKE JAILS SENT HIM OFF THE RAILS
HE SITS AND COUNTS THE DAYS TO GO
AND TREATS HIS ILLS WITH DAILY PILLS
JUST LIKE MARILYN MONROE
THEY STOP HIS MIND FROM DANCING
STOP IT DANCING
05:42 - 05:50 LIGHT ROMANCE - DUO/TRIO
05:50 - 06:07 MADMAN - TRIO
06:07 - 06:41 THE COURTROOM TRIO-QUARTET
Mickey. don't shoot Eddie. he's your
brother. you had a twin brother. I couldn't
afford to keep both of you. his mother
couldn't have kids. I agreed to give one of you away!
you! you! why didn't you give me away Mam!
i could have been. I could have been him! no!
06:42 - 06:51 NARRATOR SPEAKING - ALL
06:50 - 07:04 TELL ME ITS NOT TRUE - ALL
Choreographed but not taught
Not choreographed
Partially choreographed
00:00 - 00:31 OVERTURE - TRIO
So did y' hear the story
Of the Johnstone twins?
As like each other as two new pins
How one was kept and the other given away,
how they were born and they died on the self same day
Tell me it's not true
Say it's just a story
00:31 - 01:01 MY CHILD - DUO
Hello Mrs. J. How are you?
Mrs. J.? Anything wrong?
Mrs. J.? Anything wrong?
I had it all worked out.
With one more baby we could have managed.
But not with two, the welfare have already been on to me.
With one more baby we could have managed.
But not with two, the welfare have already been on to me.
Twins? You're expecting twins?
Give one of them to me.
Please, Mrs. Johnstone. Please.
Mrs. J. we must make this a binding agreement.Please, Mrs. Johnstone. Please.
01:01 - 01:32 EASY TERMS - DUO
I must have my baby we made an agreement,
A bargain. You swore on the bible.
A bargain. You swore on the bible.
You'd better see which one you want then
I'll take
No. Don't tell me which one.
Just take him,
Just take him.
Just take him,
Just take him.
Never sure
Who's at the door
Or the price I'll have to pay
Should we meet again..
01:32 - 01:47 JULY 18TH - DUOWho's at the door
Or the price I'll have to pay
Should we meet again..
What's your birthday?
July the eighteenth.
So is mine.
Is it really?
Eh, we were born on the same day -- that means
we can be blood brothers. Do you wanna be my
blood brother, Eddie?
we can be blood brothers. Do you wanna be my
blood brother, Eddie?
Yes, please.
01:48 - 02:13 GYPSIES IN THE WOOD - DUO AND FREEZE
Edward...
There's gypsies in the wood
And they've been watchin' you
They wanna take your baby away,
There's gypsies in the wood,
And they've been calling you
Can Edward please come out and play
Please can he come with us and play?
And they've been watchin' you
They wanna take your baby away,
There's gypsies in the wood,
And they've been calling you
Can Edward please come out and play
Please can he come with us and play?
Y' know the devil's got your number
Y' know he's gonna find you,
Y' know he's gonna find you,
02:13 - 02:20 BRIGHT NEW DAY - DUO
We're getting out
We're movin' house,
We're starting all over again.
02:20 - 03:23 ENTR'ACTE - TRIO
OUR MICKEY'S JUST TURNED FOURTEEN
Y' KNOW HE'S AT THAT AGE
WHEN YOU MENTION GIRLS, OR COURTING,
HE FLIES INTO A RAGE
SHUT UP TALKING ABOUT ME, MOTHER.
HE'S GOT A THING FOR TAKING BLACKHEADS OUT,
AND HE THINKS THAT I DON'T KNOW,
THAT HE DREAMS ALL NIGHT OF GIRLS WHO LOOK LIKE MARILYN MONROE
HE'S EVEN STARTED DANCING, SECRET DANCING
AND THAT OTHER CHILD OF MINE,
I HAVEN'T SEEN FOR YEARS, ALTHOUGH
EACH DAY I PRAY HE'LL BE OK,
UNLIKE POOR MARILYN MONROE
03:24 - 03:40 THAT GUY - DUO
i wish that I could be like
just a little less like me
just a little less like me
like the kinda guy I see, like
that guy
and who'd dare tell the lambs in spring
what fate the later seasons bring
who'd tell the girl in the middle of the pair
the price she'll have to pay for just being there.
and only if we could predict no changes in the weather
and only if we didn't live in life, as well as dreams
and only if we could stop and be forever,
just eighteen.
04:11 - 04:45 TAKE A LETTER MISS JONES - QUINTET
take a letter, Miss Jones,
due to the world situation
the shrinking pound, the global slump
due to the world situation
the shrinking pound, the global slump
and the price of oil
i'm afraid we must fire you
we no longer require you
it's just another
sign of the times, Miss Jones,
we no longer require you
it's just another
sign of the times, Miss Jones,
a most miserable sign of the times
unemployment's such a pleasurethese days, we call it leisure
it's just another sign of the times,
Miss Jones, it's
just another sign of the times
04:45 - 05:08 THE ROBBERY - DUO
don't mess about with me, pal... I said give!
listen, it's not a toy y' know. we're not playin'
games. y' don't get up again if one of these hits
y' ... what are you doin'? I said listen to me, I said...
don't you touch that.. listen.
listen, it's not a toy y' know. we're not playin'
games. y' don't get up again if one of these hits
y' ... what are you doin'? I said listen to me, I said...
don't you touch that.. listen.
you shot him, you shot him.
i know I bloody did.
you shot him. you shot him.
move, i've got to get this hid.
THE JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY
SENT HIM DOWN FOR SEVEN YEARS
SEEMS LIKE JAILS SENT HIM OFF THE RAILS
HE SITS AND COUNTS THE DAYS TO GO
AND TREATS HIS ILLS WITH DAILY PILLS
JUST LIKE MARILYN MONROE
THEY STOP HIS MIND FROM DANCING
STOP IT DANCING
05:42 - 05:50 LIGHT ROMANCE - DUO/TRIO
It’s just a light romance
Nothing cruel
They laid no plans
there's a mad man
you now the devil's got your number
you know he's right beside you
he's screamin' deep inside you
and someone said he's callin' your number
up today
you know he's right beside you
he's screamin' deep inside you
and someone said he's callin' your number
up today
Mickey. don't shoot Eddie. he's your
brother. you had a twin brother. I couldn't
afford to keep both of you. his mother
couldn't have kids. I agreed to give one of you away!
you! you! why didn't you give me away Mam!
i could have been. I could have been him! no!
06:42 - 06:51 NARRATOR SPEAKING - ALL
Now do we blame superstition for whats
come to pass
or is it what we the English simply know as class.
Tell me it’s
not true
say it’s just a story
say it’s just a story
Questionnaire
I have created a questionnaire to receive other peoples ideas:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DHM95YR
Here are the responses:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DHM95YR
Here are the responses:
Dancers in each song
00:00 - 00:31 OVERTURE - Natasha, Amellia, Chloe
00:31 - 01:01 MY CHILD - Chloe, Rebecca
01:01 - 01:32 EASY TERMS - Chloe, Rebecca
01:32 - 01:47 JULY 18TH - Natasha, Amellia
01:48 - 02:13 GYPSIES IN THE WOOD - Natasha, Amellia (FREEZE FRAME), Rebecca, Abigail
02:13 - 02:20 BRIGHT NEW DAY - Natasha, Chloe
02:20 - 03:23 ENTR'ACTE - Natasha, Chloe, Amellia, Laura
03:24 - 03:40 THAT GUY - Natasha, Amellia
03:40 - 04:11 SUMMER SEQUENCE - Natasha, Amellia, Laura
04:11 - 04:45 TAKE A LETTER MISS JONES - Natasha, Abigail, Grace, Chloe, Rebecca
04:45 - 05:08 THE ROBBERY - Natasha, Grace
05:09 - 05:42 MARILYN MONROE 3 - Natasha
05:42 - 05:50 LIGHT ROMANCE - Amellia, Laura, maybe Natasha
05:50 - 06:07 MADMAN - Natasha, Amellia, Laura
06:07 - 06:41 THE COURTROOM - Natasha, Amellia, Chloe, maybe Laura
06:42 - 06:51 NARRATOR SPEAKING - All
06:50 - 07:04 TELL ME ITS NOT TRUE - All
00:31 - 01:01 MY CHILD - Chloe, Rebecca
01:01 - 01:32 EASY TERMS - Chloe, Rebecca
01:32 - 01:47 JULY 18TH - Natasha, Amellia
01:48 - 02:13 GYPSIES IN THE WOOD - Natasha, Amellia (FREEZE FRAME), Rebecca, Abigail
02:13 - 02:20 BRIGHT NEW DAY - Natasha, Chloe
02:20 - 03:23 ENTR'ACTE - Natasha, Chloe, Amellia, Laura
03:24 - 03:40 THAT GUY - Natasha, Amellia
03:40 - 04:11 SUMMER SEQUENCE - Natasha, Amellia, Laura
04:11 - 04:45 TAKE A LETTER MISS JONES - Natasha, Abigail, Grace, Chloe, Rebecca
04:45 - 05:08 THE ROBBERY - Natasha, Grace
05:09 - 05:42 MARILYN MONROE 3 - Natasha
05:42 - 05:50 LIGHT ROMANCE - Amellia, Laura, maybe Natasha
05:50 - 06:07 MADMAN - Natasha, Amellia, Laura
06:07 - 06:41 THE COURTROOM - Natasha, Amellia, Chloe, maybe Laura
06:42 - 06:51 NARRATOR SPEAKING - All
06:50 - 07:04 TELL ME ITS NOT TRUE - All
Friday 13th November -CASTING AND FIRST LESSON
I have begun teaching the dance and have casted my dancers.
Mickey - Natasha
Eddie - Amellia
Mrs J - Chloe
Mrs L - Rebecca
Linda - Laura
Sammy - Grace
Narrator - Abigail (Originally Elle)
Reasons for casting:
I have casted these people as certain characters because I am confident in their dance ability.
I have casted Natasha and Amellia as the twins as they are the two that look the most similar in the group and both have a similar dance ability. The person I have casted for Mrs L is able to lift people as I have planned a movement where the narrator is lifted, this is the case as my narrator is for when I need multi roles but still sticking to the narrative. I have cast Laura as Linda because she is the youngest of the group and therefore gave me a reason to cast her as Linda as I needed a younger girl compared to the the two girls playing the mums who look more mature. I have casted Grace as Sammy because I know that she has other things going on so I gave her a character so she could still be involved but I'll be able to teach her part in the class rather than an extra rehearsal. I have casted Chloe as Mrs J as she looks more mature then some of the dancers in the dance and her and Rebecca also have a similar dance ability. I originally had a different girl (Elle) playing the narrator, after speaking to the girls about extra rehearsals and having to perform it at the college she informed me that her parents would not let her do it, therefore I casted Abigail, I chose both girls because they were light enough to be picked up by Rebecca.
This week I taught:
Mickey - Natasha
Eddie - Amellia
Mrs J - Chloe
Mrs L - Rebecca
Linda - Laura
Sammy - Grace
Narrator - Abigail (Originally Elle)
Reasons for casting:
I have casted these people as certain characters because I am confident in their dance ability.
I have casted Natasha and Amellia as the twins as they are the two that look the most similar in the group and both have a similar dance ability. The person I have casted for Mrs L is able to lift people as I have planned a movement where the narrator is lifted, this is the case as my narrator is for when I need multi roles but still sticking to the narrative. I have cast Laura as Linda because she is the youngest of the group and therefore gave me a reason to cast her as Linda as I needed a younger girl compared to the the two girls playing the mums who look more mature. I have casted Grace as Sammy because I know that she has other things going on so I gave her a character so she could still be involved but I'll be able to teach her part in the class rather than an extra rehearsal. I have casted Chloe as Mrs J as she looks more mature then some of the dancers in the dance and her and Rebecca also have a similar dance ability. I originally had a different girl (Elle) playing the narrator, after speaking to the girls about extra rehearsals and having to perform it at the college she informed me that her parents would not let her do it, therefore I casted Abigail, I chose both girls because they were light enough to be picked up by Rebecca.
This week I taught:
Schedule
This is my initial rehearsal schedule. This may change significantly and any extra rehearsals we be recorded on this blog.
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