9th oct - kat

Today we continued working on Santa Fe, thinking about the actual beginning of the scene before the singing starts. The non-main characters in each cast would enter the train in clumps whilst the main characters are already on stage. This makes it more natural as opposed to everyone entering at once, also giving the focus to them.

In addition, we added simple pedestrian movement at the start e.g reaching for briefcase, reading newspaper, checking the time on watch etc. which would gradually build in movement to the trios section. However, we removed the duets with the other group as it was too overcrowded with activity. These changes benefited the main characters to make it not too busy all the time, as this could distract from their performance.

What to work on

• More pedestrian movements - although it doesn't need to be exaggerated, we need to involve more actions, even if it's as simple as tying a shoe lace or checking the time.
• Stronger movement - when performing any of the movement, big or small, it needs to still be significant, that we are performing an action with a purpose, not for the sake of it
• Learn lyrics - when we know all the lyrics it will help us to get into the mood of the scene
• Better synchronising - in our trios, when we do synced pair movement we need to be more in time with each other which will neaten up the look of the movement.

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