I told a fellow cast member (our dance captain and the best dancer in the show) that I'm not very good at turns. Turns require strength, coordination, balance and technique (i.e. spotting). I'm okay with simple turns, maybe an occasional single pirouette. Probably the biggest reason I'm not good at turning is that I have never learned to spot effectively. (And that probably comes from not actually taking dance classes.)
Tonight the choreographer asked me to do three chainé turns in a section of the dance. Chainé turns I can do — more or less. But I'll definitely need to practice them. And she asked me whether I could do pirouettes. I said, "I'm learning. I can do a single; I can't do a double." (And I don't think I could learn to do a clean, consistent double before the show.)
Time to practice my turning. And time to learn how to spot.
About Me
- Kristin
- When I was 2 years old, I used to go around singing all the time. One day, my grandma asked me why I sang all the time. I replied, "I have music in my body!" That seemed perfect to use for this blog (hence the URL), though this is about acting and other forms of performance, too. There's something in me — in all artists — that fuels an unexplained need to create, to play, to explore, to imagine. I have music in my body ... and so much more creativity in my body waiting to be released and expressed.
No comments:
Post a Comment