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Excellent rehearsal yesterday. I'm really happy with the way the work has developed. Everything is a lot clearer, and having some new people of different ages is really fun and interesting. Things to work on today... the contrast between being deadpan while walking and being completely animated when talking. In 'Celebrate' we will do more dance moves facing the back. The second walking section should be a bit shorter and move into singing sooner .
I think that Shirley and Jordan's duet might have a place in this section. The Eminem and 007 stuff seems to be working, and I love the Whitney Huston section. Nicky's playful balloon dance is excellent with the (now cheesy) passion-ballad.
Philips interference and the impro group are also great contrasts. Nicky and Pilip's duet it beautiful/funny/sad... laugh? cry??
I think that the cake duet can get deeper and make the audience more uncomfortable. Perhaps it needs to start slower and then build up, and uP, and UP. Also I think that Nicola can move her limbs more and manipulate Lesley's body. Lesley's talking should become intermittent as the movement becomes more suffocating. The balloon section needs a bit of clarification, but it helps when the jumping castle is there. Also I will encourage to use the 'dance' option more and not be influenced by the music, but keep the traffic flowing.