This show is driving me nuts. Seriously.
Just got back from my second basically pointless rehearsal this week. Oy. On Wednesday, we spent almost half an hour assigning partners, which was fine; it needed to be done, and I get that you need to see people dance in smaller groups and stuff to figure out the right heights and whatnot. Then we somehow managed to spend an hour or more assigning places for the various segments of the dance. I have NO idea how this managed to take so long, but it did. Then we ran the whole number once or twice. Then everybody was sent out to the greenroom while various little groups worked on solo-y bits. I was among those, but only because I was standing in - or dancing in, as the case may be - for somebody who wasn't there. Then we ran the number one more time. So, basically, in the course of a two-and-a-half-hour rehearsal, I spent *maybe* half an hour dancing, and I did more dancing than most.
Then there was tonight. Technically, it was a music rehearsal, but the choreographer planned to go over the steps with whoever wasn't singing, mostly to keep people occupied when they weren't needed for the singing. However, as a Jet girl, I don't sing. And I, like most of the Jet girls, didn't really need to spend two hours going over the steps. Choreographer apologized, saying she hadn't realized that we do no singing at all, and told us we could go home if we didn't feel we needed the rather limited and slow practise up in the paint loft. Way to know the show, but anyway. So pretty much the only thing I gained from going down tonight was the schedule. Finally. Which was kinda worth it, really, but still. Sunday's going to be a little boring, too, really, since it's the read-through, and I have all of two lines. But I guess I shouldn't complain, since most of the Jet girls have none. Whee. Can't we just have another nice productive dance rehearsal? Cuz when we do those, I actually have a lot of fun. It's just when I spend most of the rehearsal standing or sitting around doing nada that's a little tedious. Almost makes me wish I was still in high school, so I could do something mindless like Accounting or Economics homework so I'd at least be doing something useful with my time. Oh well.
And we finally have a master carpenter, which is good. But he only agreed to do it on the condition that the director never set foot in his workshop, and she never talk to him. If the board doesn't glean something from this and actually asks her to do another show, they shall all need some serious bitch-slapping.
Anyway, yay for finally having a rehearsal schedule!
Then there was tonight. Technically, it was a music rehearsal, but the choreographer planned to go over the steps with whoever wasn't singing, mostly to keep people occupied when they weren't needed for the singing. However, as a Jet girl, I don't sing. And I, like most of the Jet girls, didn't really need to spend two hours going over the steps. Choreographer apologized, saying she hadn't realized that we do no singing at all, and told us we could go home if we didn't feel we needed the rather limited and slow practise up in the paint loft. Way to know the show, but anyway. So pretty much the only thing I gained from going down tonight was the schedule. Finally. Which was kinda worth it, really, but still. Sunday's going to be a little boring, too, really, since it's the read-through, and I have all of two lines. But I guess I shouldn't complain, since most of the Jet girls have none. Whee. Can't we just have another nice productive dance rehearsal? Cuz when we do those, I actually have a lot of fun. It's just when I spend most of the rehearsal standing or sitting around doing nada that's a little tedious. Almost makes me wish I was still in high school, so I could do something mindless like Accounting or Economics homework so I'd at least be doing something useful with my time. Oh well.
And we finally have a master carpenter, which is good. But he only agreed to do it on the condition that the director never set foot in his workshop, and she never talk to him. If the board doesn't glean something from this and actually asks her to do another show, they shall all need some serious bitch-slapping.
Anyway, yay for finally having a rehearsal schedule!