Dancing

This week I will be focusing on directing, as I directed a lot. The scene I direct was scene 1, the ones of the dancers for the school play. They already had a part made of the dance, but it was very short, incomplete and it lacked of energy. As it is the first scene, I truly believe that it should start very catchy and with a lot of energy.

This scene was very hard to direct, as the girls that dance are from form 4 and even though they are supposedly to be more responsible and mature, they do not pay attention and many times don’t follow instructions. They did not put the effort that they should have put it when acting, but as they are convinced that they are not important and that they won’t talk, they feel as they do not need to put that much effort. But the truth is that every scene in the play is unique and special, and even thought they might not talk the dance implies lots of effort and energy. They should be very focus and I clearly don’t know how to make them want to do this dance, because it seriously looks like if they didn’t even want to be in the play.

Apart from the lack of behavior and interest from the actresses, I should take account the movements for the dance. The dance in this scene, will be the first one, so in order to make the audience interested it must start with a lot of energy and entertaining movements. I came out with some ideas for the dance, which I think work very well. On the other hand, I must say that the dancing is sometimes boring. But what does it take to make it as interested as the “Mas pequeños que el Guggenheim”? , the dancing here was very funny, but we can’t make it funny in the one for the school play, so we cant make “silly” movements, otherwise it would look as if we are making fun of it. So what can I do to make it interesting but not as a joke?. I have already used a very interesting part, but what else?, and what can I do to make this girls more interested?, and what to tell them in order for they to know that their scene is as important as the rest one?