Feedback from a run with some costume ideas

Pinstripe suit: 

Good faces

Time side to side step

Check diagonal line (evenly space it)

Girls 'sassy' faces

Exaggerate character

Stronger arms and armlines

If running lift knees higher

More interaction with characters

For ritz: 

Be equidistant with Jackson

Interaction with eachother

Sort out transition of running in.

Head comes up on levi

Put shoulders into stepping

Get lower when stepping

Timing is getting better

Costume for ritz:

black bottom half, white buttoned up shirt, braces, bow tie, hat.

Final number (jazz police):

all black, something white, dark blue, light blue, dark green and light green aswell.

Jazz police:

1st transition was a lot better

Keep focus to front

Make the most of small movements

2nd transition needs work

MY CHARACTER'S NAME

Tony 'the big pastrami' Bosco

BOSCO for short

He owns an award winning sandwich shop in boston. 

PINSTRIPE SUIT INSPIRATION

Research

There's no business like show business

Which actions demonstrate different styles?

• Stereotypical music, actions and costumes
• French dance was elegant and fluent
• Austrian dance had, use of skirts, bells and was quite boyish
• Scottish dance had a lot of traditional movement / dance including tap.
• Finale everyone was on stage

Easter parade: Drum crazy

How does Fred Astaire use props?

• To change the dynamic
• Used the drum sticks as a saxophone
• Almost like he isn't using them as props it's so fluent and practised
• Jumped on a counter
• Used the boy as a prop

A couple of Swells

How do the two dancers show characterization?

• They were mocking people more fortunate than themselves
• Funny characters
• Pretending to be rich - sticking their little fingers out
• Facial expressions
• Actions match lyrics

Singing in the rain - Make em' laugh

How does the dancer show comedy in this sequence?

• Slapstick
• Props
• Failing
• Facial expressions

White Christmas - Gee I wish I was back in the army

• Gesture
• Fast / Sharp steps
• Marching
• Linking arms

Moulin Rouge - Diamonds are a girls best friend

Action: Swinging from roof to floor, men chasing and reaching for her, shows she is important and hard to get.

Space: Levels - lifting her up. Confined / crampt everyone wanted her.

Dynamic: facial expression, sharp, diamonds flying everywhere, fast.

Relationship: Relationship between her and the audience making them beg / offer and then going straight back to the diamonds.

Viva La Diva

CANE:

• Spin
• Twirl
• Throw
• Tap
• Bounce
• Pretending it's something else

CHAIR:

•  Sit 
• Drag
• Stand
• Walk around
• Lean

Vaudeville Theatre

What is Vaudeville?

Vaudeville is a theatrically performed variety show, it is made of completely unrelated acts put together for a performance. Vaudeville was especially popular from the 1880's to the 1930's in America and Canada. The acts varied, the acts were things such as; singers, dancers, musicians, trained animals, acrobats and movies. Long story short Vaudeville is basically a variety of different entertainment styles put together for people's enjoyment.

Some acts:

• Rosales sisters
• Bobby Brandy
• Bobby Sargent
• Florida Trio
• Marcy brothers & Beatrice
• Max Miller
• Harry Richman & Florence Desmond
• Professor Lamberti
• Max Wall
• Larry Adler

Origin:
Vaudeville originated from variety entertainment because it became so popular throughout different classes. variety acts back then were intended for all male audiences because they were obscenely comical and vulgar. But in 1881 a man called Tony Pastor, who was a singer, created a variety show for families instead of all male audiences, once other mangers had seen / heard how much money this brought in they all followed in his footsteps. Vaudeville suddenly became a huge thing in american culture.

Revue show posters

REVUE SHOW POSTERS:

A Revue show is Light theatrical entertainment consisting of a series of dances, songs and variety acts.