recollections. musings. whims: The Stage

i love the stage.

i love being in the spotlight, hearing the audience applause, and even more, their cheers, and seeing the cameras flashing away.

i love the feeling of the heart thumping against the chest, the stifled screams of euphoria amidst pants for breathe in the wings of the stage right after the show, knowing we have put up our best.

i love, especially, the final curtain call, when you look at the crowd and the elated expressions of fellow performers and know that the tears and fears in previous months of preparation have finally paid off.

i love performing =)

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lent term was like a daze. three separate performances in seven weeks. the first was sandstorm, the second was malaysia night last sat, and the third was chisoc variety show yesterday. there were three different groups of people to work with and to get to know better, and oh yes, three distinct styles of dance to learn and grasp.

all three were pretty successful, though i have a biased fondness for you-know-which, merely because the group consisted of several close friends. nothing beats the support and encouragement for each other towards a common goal =).

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malaysia night

the publicity officer sold it as "the most excellent and lamentable tragedy of romeo and juliet" .
here's what the blurb said:-

"The most repulsive thing ever seen to (wo)mankind plays Juliet, an understudy pines for the handsome but mentally-challenged jock, and the club president plots to sabotage the show in the name of the country. Romeo cannot seem to remember any of his lines at all, and a very confused Fairy Godmother happens to crash the practice..."

the eccletic mix of characters indeed sent the audience into stitches from the beginning of the play till the end. there's some mockery of things malaysian , wonder if non-malaysians understood the it.

anyway, jinyang made a video of the show =) . they say pictures say a thousand words. what more a motion picture? hope you get a feel of the atmosphere :-

actually,i haven't watch the entire play myself, just snippets of it because while they are rehearsing, we who were in the finale dance were either backstage preparing or practicing outside the audi.

similarly, while the real show unfolded, we were crammed in the dressing room... taking photos!

the dancers- from both kenneith's dance and 'THE INDIAN DANCE!'

fairy god mother from hazelnut land! ding dong is hilarious.if you could watch him in action, both in the play and in the finale dance, you'll agree =)

shirley, the co-choreographer of the dance

weishen, my partner, trying to look cool

and so we performed. was quite pleased with how the dance actually turned out, considering that most of us are novices in social (?) dance. will upload the video of the dance soon.

and when the curtains finally closed... we were just immensely proud of the entire production =)

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a week later, at the same auditorium, it was the chisoc variety show.

(chisoc is only nominally chinese ( ie PRC). it's actual a hong kong society. the entire show was mainly in cantonese.)

it was a performance that caused me undue stress, partly because i was struggling through the middle of term, and partly because i couldn't seem to grasp the style of the dance ( being sexy.. sigh). anyway, it turned out not too bad afterall. and i was looking forward to the first sunday with no dance rehearsal.

from left: vicky, flora, me, nicola

nicola, co-choreographer, and me. notice our eyebags... signs of sleep deprivation toiling in camb in general

clara, kristy, nicola, and chris in various poses from the dance . clara's the main choreograher and item leader. she made me believe that it is possible to polish a 7 minute dance in about 2 months. she's amazing, both as a dancer and a leader.

michelle and theresa. we are all in basing!