Rehearsal and first performance of 'Baggy Trousers'

Today our class split into two groups and choreographed some movement to two different songs from the musical 'Our House'.

These consisted of the on and off cast 'Sarah and Joe' and Emmo and Lewis going off and choreographing something for the song 'Driving in my car'. Then leaving the rest of us to choreograph something for 'Baggy Trousers'.

Firstly, we watched the musicals own version of 'Baggy Trousers' to get inspiration from their performance and style and to see what kind of movements/phrases they used in their piece. Upon watching the video we started devising straight away with the song in the background. We decided that we wanted to use chairs like they did in the musical version, to keep the same school classroom tone to the song. We decided to take inspiration from some of the motifs they used such as: the chair phrases, fake fighting and the general erratic movements.

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Our approach to movement went well as were very energised and had a lot of enthusiasm. For example, we took a very practical approach trying out different ideas rather than writing/talking about them for a long time without acting upon them. I feel as though this helped up to visualise what kind of movements we wanted and how we wanted to portray them. We also had good facial expressions as well as individual characterisations. We managed to choreograph our movement phrases quick and effectively which then also helped up effectively learn the piece as a dance as well as the song.

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Personally, I need to focus more on my movement and make sure I know exactly what I am doing as I keep looking beside me and behind me to make sure I was doing what the others were doing. For example, I can do this by blocking movement along to the song multiple times making sure I know what comes next and make it seem more natural and rehearsed/relaxed. As a group we also need to work on singing the lyrics as a group loud and clear as this will make our performance even better and on a whole new level.

An example of how I was valuable to the group - I helped keep timing in the countdown part of the scene as the tempo increased at various points which we needed to make sure we got right. I did this because I was at the front of the line and everyone was watching me and would be able to see me. I also feel as though I was valuable as I helped to maintain energy at various moments as well as being adaptable to any movement/idea mentioned.