Emily Ellet

Granted, they’re shorter shows (between 30 and 45 minutes), but it’s still a ton of information to receive, process, and commit to physical and mental memory in less than a week.  Last night in particular, I think we all felt like we had pea soup for brains, as we learned an entire show yesterday alone. It’s a funny thing about choreography.  Often, the simplest movements are the hardest to remember.  “Tombe, pas de bourre, glissade, saut de chat?”  No problem.  But “step, to

I’m singing all of them on the cruise ship.  And they’d better be memorized by next week, along with a whole bunch of other material. Not all theatrical/singing jobs are like this, I suppose, but it makes sense that with 5 full-length shows and a handful of smaller shows, you are required to show up totally memorized to learn choreography and blocking. How else can you get all that done in three weeks?? I’ve had quite a few people ask what kinds of shows these are.  Each crui