As I entered this theatre for the first time, the realisation that the sands were running through the hourglass finally struck me: in a matter of weeks we'll be performing here. Until this point I had somehow blocked this fact from my mind but refreshingly enough, this did not strike as alarming or stressful to me; I felt reasonably confident and willing to get this show on the road.
The stage where we will be performing is quite large but leaves narrow space for backstage utilities. Also, the seating capacity is actually misleading for I would have estimated it would only accommodate an audience of around seventy but Myf assured us that the capacity is one hundred and fifty.
We ran through each segment with an absence of fuss or "input" from students which filled the workspace with a sense efficiency. The only focus upon details were in the minor recomposing and tweaking of various elements in order to accommodate the new space etc.
When it came to rehearse Sprios' 'Elvis' song, a piece we had never rehearsed and barely discussed the choreography for, I had no idea what to do. Apparently Pauline was in charge of this piece which was news to me. On the "devil" side were Brian, Dylan and I who were to create an opposing presence to Amee, Jess H and Lyndsay's "angels". Brian was in line behind me during the 'choreography' and I must say that he made me feel very (visibly) uncomfortable because he was crabbing and pinching me, singing in my ear and touching my head. I am still intimidated by Brian because of his enormous stature and also because of my memory of the way he went a little too far when performing the 'status' exercise several weeks prior. Brian gets really "into" things, but I'm not sure if he stays connected to the reality that we are merely pretending. Furthermore, I am sure that his presence in that segment throws the piece off balance because of his size and presence: it's Sprios who needs to be the centre of attention because it's his song and Brian will unintentionally absorb the focus.
The Piaf segment went through a smooth rehearsal, and a few of the creases were ironed out. I'm going to be honest, a week ago I HATED the Piaf section (as you would have detected through my previous blog entries) but I've since calmed down and tried to make the piece for Cathy as opposed to the satisfaction of my own creativity. I'm happy with the piece's structure and I think that it will work.
It's all falling into place...
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