The UCSUR presentation of Pasos Porte
Yesterday was the presentation of Pasos Porte in the theater Ella Dunbar in Lima, Peru. It was a strange performance. Cindy and I showed up at 10:00 am to do a technical run of the show. However, that never happened. I can't imagine why but it took those techs 7 and a half hours just to put up the lights. And since our show started at 6 o´clock, there ended up being no dress or tech rehearsal.
Now, since these techs are professionals working for a festival I assumed that they would pull it off without a hitch in spite of skipping a rehearsal for a show they had never seen. NO WAY JOSE!!! hahaha. 6 minutes into the first choreography the music just disappeared. Cindy and I didn't know what to do so we just continued dancing for two minutes in front of the audience. Finally Cindy left the stage when she realized that the music wasn't coming back. One of the organizers apologized to the audience and we started the show over again. Hoping for the best we took the stage once more a bit disheartened but with much desire to give the audience a good show. Then somehow the tech played track 6 when he was supposed to put on track 3. I am not sure why he decided to skip to track 6. I mean, the disk of our show's music is in order. Anyway, Cindy decided to stop the show right there altogether and walked up to the front of the stage and showed the tech (and the rest of the audience saw this) her two fingers acting like a pair of scissors to signal him to stop the music. The music stopped and Cindy apologized to the audience once again before asking the tech to please put the right song on. We started right there from the middle of the choreography instead of starting over again. When that first choreography was finished, Cindy yelled out, "Ahora si, Se Acabo". The audience cheered out in sympathy for us knowing that the techs were making the night hard on us.
After that the techs somehow got there shit together and there weren't anymore noticeable mistakes.
We got a good reaction from the audience and the organizers of the festivals. The Techs were embarassed to show us there faces. We assured them that we understood and that we weren't mad. They must be under a lot of pressure. Normally techs get at least 2 or three days to set up the lights and run through the show with rehearsals. But since a new group performs every day in the theater, the techs have only one day to prepare every day for a new show during this festival. It probably would have run smoother if we could have brought our director or tech from guayaquil but because the festival started during easter, plane tickets were too expensive for our humble budget.
This last performance of our little tour is one I will never forget and in spite of the technical difficulties, I am happy with how the show turned out.
Now, since these techs are professionals working for a festival I assumed that they would pull it off without a hitch in spite of skipping a rehearsal for a show they had never seen. NO WAY JOSE!!! hahaha. 6 minutes into the first choreography the music just disappeared. Cindy and I didn't know what to do so we just continued dancing for two minutes in front of the audience. Finally Cindy left the stage when she realized that the music wasn't coming back. One of the organizers apologized to the audience and we started the show over again. Hoping for the best we took the stage once more a bit disheartened but with much desire to give the audience a good show. Then somehow the tech played track 6 when he was supposed to put on track 3. I am not sure why he decided to skip to track 6. I mean, the disk of our show's music is in order. Anyway, Cindy decided to stop the show right there altogether and walked up to the front of the stage and showed the tech (and the rest of the audience saw this) her two fingers acting like a pair of scissors to signal him to stop the music. The music stopped and Cindy apologized to the audience once again before asking the tech to please put the right song on. We started right there from the middle of the choreography instead of starting over again. When that first choreography was finished, Cindy yelled out, "Ahora si, Se Acabo". The audience cheered out in sympathy for us knowing that the techs were making the night hard on us.
After that the techs somehow got there shit together and there weren't anymore noticeable mistakes.
We got a good reaction from the audience and the organizers of the festivals. The Techs were embarassed to show us there faces. We assured them that we understood and that we weren't mad. They must be under a lot of pressure. Normally techs get at least 2 or three days to set up the lights and run through the show with rehearsals. But since a new group performs every day in the theater, the techs have only one day to prepare every day for a new show during this festival. It probably would have run smoother if we could have brought our director or tech from guayaquil but because the festival started during easter, plane tickets were too expensive for our humble budget.
This last performance of our little tour is one I will never forget and in spite of the technical difficulties, I am happy with how the show turned out.