After the sayonara show, all the clubs rushed into position for demachi. Basically we lined up around the corner while regular demachi took place (we waited for like an hour, during which I wrote my notes about the play and sayonara show). Then, each club moved to stand in front of the other clubs and deliver their goodbye message as each taidansha ( Read more... )

I've heard ad-lib is a big thing for a senshuraku performance, but if anything was ad-libbed for Danza, I didn't notice it.

Celebrity was a different story. ^_^

( For a start, there was lots of Toyoko-hugging. )

Standby was 7:15 AM by the theater; we got cards telling us what to say, rehearsed, and lined up. Which took awhile because everything was unusual. Rima Club (10 people) and Remi Club (about 40) lined up first, even before upperclassmen clubs ( Read more... )

Hey peeps. I don't have long, because tomorrow standby is at 7:15 AM--Remi Club is getting together to rehearse our goodbye message. It amazes me, how so many women do this as a social thing; they seek out stars to follow, and really enjoy getting together at the crack of dawn to see plays they might not even like a couple dozen times in a row. @_ ( Read more... )

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Remi’s Danza Serenata/Celebrity daigekijou ochakai was in a really easy-to-find hotel, almost right in front of Takarazuka train station, so I arrived early and got to look around. Held in a lovely eighth-floor restaurant with a wide, crimson floor and full-wall windows through which Takarazuka town stretched, the ochakai had twice as many people ( Read more... )

How many times is Masatsuka-sensei gonna write this play? Dancing couple working at a club (Buenos Aires no Kaze, La Esperanza), female with family in dangerous political revolution (Mariposa no Hana, Romance du Paris), mouthy number-two woman who pushes around her timid would-be love interest (Romance du Paris, La Esperanza) and has feelings for ( Read more... )

I saw Dancer Serenata/Celebrity yesterday. Review forthcoming, but I thought I'd start with some pics. This post is public because all of it is shots I took outside: Zuka girl's faces are everywhere. ^^

( Are you ready? )

MY REMI IS CHIE'S FORMER LOVER.AND CURRENT DANCE PARTNER ( Read more... )

First: a huge thanks to everyone who’s been so kind to me following Remi’s sotsugyou announcement. Especially Gisselle, for calling me from Afghanistan to break it to me gently ( Read more... )