In this rehearsal we were running the show whilst slotting in year 12s to become ensemble performers for the bigger numbers. We started with Radio GaGa, because we are double casted we have to run each of these bigger numbers twice to make sure that everyone knows where they are, and what they are doing. Although this could become repetitive it was helpful for the year 12s as they got twice the oppertunity to be able to pick up choreography and learn staging. Firstly we went through movement slower to make sure that everyone was caught up, this went well as all of the year 13s knew it and were willing to go through it with those who were less confident. When doing this it is important to be patient with each other, as people have different ways and methods of leaning new things and being able to have the chance to work through things in this much detail and i think that this will pay off in the final performances.
However when we were rehearsing Killer Queen, the year 12s had spent time rehearsing this without us and therefore we were unsure of what we were doing, this meant that we had to decide who was going to be in this number. We started by going through the cast list and working out who could be in the dance bearing in mind costume changes and the time that person had before being in another scene. Once we had done this we started experimenting with movements that would compliment the year 12s but without distracting the audience away from it. This is because we felt as though it was important for bigger ensemble numbers to look carefully put together and not look as though we have just put lots of people on stage for no reason.
On the other hand, when we were going through the ogre battle scene, we all had to work together as we were choreographing this together. This meant that we had to listen to each other, although our director, Kim had the main idea of what she thought would be great for this scene, it was important that we shared other ideas that may improve it. For this scene i think that focus is really important because the speed of movement changes and we need to make sure that we are all doing the same speed at the same time. For example if we were not working together well it could work out that some cast members were moving fast and the other slow, in particular for this scene it looks more effective and dynamic to all be doing the same thing. When working on the last scene at the seven seas of rye we found that it was hard to keep the energy levels up, this is because it requires all bohemians on stage, and it has a large amount of dialogue where the ensemble characters are in the background. Although the bohemians are not talking they are what the scene is about so it is really important that everyone stays in character. When blocking this i found that we had to be very determined to get to the end as it was a very slow process, this also requires a high level of creativity and although it can be challenging to keep this up, it helps keep the whole cast positive, which i think is an important factor of a working musical ensemble.
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