Lewis Wheeler (closed): Do it again and again and again
Thursday, Nov 27 2003, 02:49
Rehearsals are going well but I have mixed feelings about the piece. I'm so desperate to get on stage that I've got to a state of mind where I just don't care what the choreography is but some of it is just so damn jazzy. We even spin on our knees then punch our arms out in fists!
Lisa (the choreographer and foundation student teacher) is good at leading rehearsals. She's an absolute perfectionist and keeps us going at things until they're ridiculously accurate which is great. I think it's one of the best ways of training yourself to be a performing monkey (which is of course very important). However, she is human and the rehearsals are getting quite pressurized and stressful.
We were doing a lot of "cleaning" today and one/two of my friends were getting tonnes of corrections and bollockings when they weren't paying attention which made them stressed. (well get it right then!) But even though I had a great day and was rehearsing the whole time and hardly away from centre stage, when I was walking home their stress had rubbed off on me and I was completely pissed off. It was quite bizarre - but I recuperated with a nice mug of tea and some texts to my boyfriend kind of guy.
Boyfriend? - I went clubbing two weeks ago and there was a guy dancing kind of insanely and kind of contemporaryish (which was off putting) but one of the people I'd 'turned down' as it were - earlier, was trying to come on to me again (not to mention the scary guy who said in a perverted, gruff, gravelly voice "We shall dance, you shall dance better than me, but we shall dance") and I escaped into the welcome embrace of the scary dancer guy. Who turned out to be a fantastic dirty dancer and kisser - as well as a person who started lifting me and throwing me around (on the dancefloor).
Which I wouldn't have trusted him to do if I hadn't originally thought he was some kind of dance student! Anyway, he turned out to be a really great guy who is also a doctor. And is only twenty six and a young twenty six year old at that! I saw him last weekend and I'm seeing him again this weekend yey. Unfortunately I'm going to miss the second year theatre performance which I'm annoyed about but hey, what can you do?
tbc
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