murgatroyd
06-08-2006, 12:37 PM
Whoa. Pretty intense stuff with Hawk last night.
I understand where he is coming from, but he needs to listen to Shane. The question is "can the dancer pick up the choreography fast enough" and the standards for what is 'fast enough' is always the judgement call of the choreographer, not the dancer. It takes bigtime guts to be in WAAAAAY over your head and still keep trying and fighting through it. The choreographers know that, too. If the choreographers are willing to keep him to see what he can do, it is because of the fire he has shown them, so he has earned it, even if he doesn't think he deserves it.
Nigel is watching out for the interest of the dancers who would be partnered with him. Hawk needs to let go and just dance instead of trying to do Nigel's job.
One peeve: I can understand why they show us the choreographers' reaction shots during the initial auditions, but we are getting into crunch time now. I'd much rather see someone's entire solo. If they don't make it through, I won't get another chance to see them unless they try to come back next year.
Sucked to see the other guy from 6 step crew wash out. I hope the whole crew comes back next season and tries again. (From what Nigel was saying when Claire went home, they are planning to have another season.)
I really respect the guys from 6 step, and Musa Cooper, too. They are trying their guts out, plus they have respect for all the other dancers who are trained because they can see how the foundation helps the other dancers.
So refreshing after hearing all the posers who didn't make it to Vegas going on about how "I don't need training".
But it's not just Hawk. A lot of the dancers are struggling because they don't see the big picture. It's hard for them to remember that it is all about how they are likely to do in the show.
The stuff they are being asked to do in the show demonstrates whether they can make it in the business or not. The more versatile you are, the more likely you are to get a job because there will be more jobs you could do, and the easier you are to work with, the more likely you are to get repeat jobs.
Like any job, you have to show up and do what's asked of you. It must be especially tough when the work is creative -- to be 'yourself' and yet to give yourself over totally to the choreographer as an instrument. What a tough balancing act that is.
Jan
I understand where he is coming from, but he needs to listen to Shane. The question is "can the dancer pick up the choreography fast enough" and the standards for what is 'fast enough' is always the judgement call of the choreographer, not the dancer. It takes bigtime guts to be in WAAAAAY over your head and still keep trying and fighting through it. The choreographers know that, too. If the choreographers are willing to keep him to see what he can do, it is because of the fire he has shown them, so he has earned it, even if he doesn't think he deserves it.
Nigel is watching out for the interest of the dancers who would be partnered with him. Hawk needs to let go and just dance instead of trying to do Nigel's job.
One peeve: I can understand why they show us the choreographers' reaction shots during the initial auditions, but we are getting into crunch time now. I'd much rather see someone's entire solo. If they don't make it through, I won't get another chance to see them unless they try to come back next year.
Sucked to see the other guy from 6 step crew wash out. I hope the whole crew comes back next season and tries again. (From what Nigel was saying when Claire went home, they are planning to have another season.)
I really respect the guys from 6 step, and Musa Cooper, too. They are trying their guts out, plus they have respect for all the other dancers who are trained because they can see how the foundation helps the other dancers.
So refreshing after hearing all the posers who didn't make it to Vegas going on about how "I don't need training".
But it's not just Hawk. A lot of the dancers are struggling because they don't see the big picture. It's hard for them to remember that it is all about how they are likely to do in the show.
The stuff they are being asked to do in the show demonstrates whether they can make it in the business or not. The more versatile you are, the more likely you are to get a job because there will be more jobs you could do, and the easier you are to work with, the more likely you are to get repeat jobs.
Like any job, you have to show up and do what's asked of you. It must be especially tough when the work is creative -- to be 'yourself' and yet to give yourself over totally to the choreographer as an instrument. What a tough balancing act that is.
Jan