Hey everybody, yes the boy has finally decided to take the time to update. I myself can’t believe I haven’t updated in the few weeks I have been in New Hampshire, but perhaps I can explain myself.
Right now I’m on the bus back to New York. It’s so strange to be going back since I only left 2 weeks ago, yet it also feels like I left a lot longer than that.
This experience has been really great, just a lot of work. So the show is a review, the first act is all swing and big band music and swing dancing. The second act is contemporary music (mostly famous tunes from the 70’s and 80’s with 1 or 2 new hits thrown in).
I have never done partner dancing in this quantity before. I spend some much time dancing with my partner that it can’t even be considered a partner; we have to dance as one. The movement itself is pretty foreign to me so grasping all of the choreography was hard, and then making sure that I am partnering correctly (i.e. not killing my partner any of the 1000 times I throw her) has been a rewarding challenge as well.
The first act takes a lot out of me. I’m in at least every other number, and each one is a work out. I use my right arm so much that I started having some issues with my shoulder. Actually the problem became bad enough that the director got me and my fellow dancers a free massage on Friday before our opening.
The second act is a little bit easier for me than the first. Firstly I’m not in as much as I am the first act; also the partnering involves fewer tricks where I have to lift anyone.
I’m really proud of the show. The dancers are all so wonderful, and everyone is watching out for everyone else making sure we all make our costume changes and have what we need where we need it. The production value is great and the energy of the show is beyond most anything I’ve ever done. I’m really excited to be a part of it, especially since we learned this epic show in such a short amount of time.
This is also the first time I’ve been in a show where I have to take complete care of myself or else I can’t make it through the show since I was in City of Angels 2 years ago. However, where I had to be careful with CoA because of all the singing I had to do, this show I can’t physically make it through because of the quantity of high energy dancing.
I actually got sick about a week ago and I haven’t made a full recovery yet. At first I wanted to blame it on the cast house. There’s a lot of dust and I thought I was having horrible allergies, but now I’m more convinced that I’ve actually had a bad cold. It settled in my chest about 3 days ago and has had me hacking up a lung since then.
I’m kind of sad that we aren’t performing during the week. We put in so much work that I want to show off this amazing show. However I’m excited to see some of my friends, get better, and spoil my bf a little while I’m there! If I’m lucky I’ll even get to see the boy before midnight and at least get to spend a bit of my valentines day with the one I love.
Well I’ll leave it there. I need to get on taking some pictures when I get back to New Hampshire on Thursday. I’ve been so busy and tired that I haven’t felt up to forfeiting any energy to anything beyond the show and eating.
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