On The Dance Floor
Jaggu: Hi Ratheesh, Which team are you in for the culturals ?
Rat: I'm not in any team. We dont have any TM(Technical Manager) to lead us (for the time being)
Jaggu: Great. I mean.. Can you join our team ?
Rat: Why? Yes, no problem..
The discussion gives a feeling that I 'm gonna join a team of performers.
All I need to do is to be with us to add a head count.
But thats not the true picture.
It was a total mess.
We went to the gym.
Thats where we have some room for rehearsal..
Some 7-8 guyz and galz..
All staring at each other.. And doing nothing else.
I asked Jaggu. Ok So who's gonna do the choreo ?
Arey kyaa yaar.. You only have to do it.
Me :-O
Now I got it..
This guy has counted me based on my performance , a couple of years back - another cultural fest..
Now since it is a chance to get on stage, I decided to go ahead.
Wednesday night - song selection, mixing, rendering - all at my works station.
Wednesday late night - choreography (in my mind)
Thursday full day - rehearsals
(Fashion show rehearsal also went on , hand in hand..)
Friday !
The big day.
The first program is ours..
Fashion show first.
Had a look at the stage. 5 ppl can barely stand over it - so clumsy !
And here we are - 10 of us, planning to form single train and double train on the stage.
Sudden change of plan - Ramp extension.
No physical extension of the stage, just that we, the models would jump out of the stage and walk a few steps
in between the audience.
That move was well received :)
The very name of the show was Fun Show (I suggested Falthoo show, but that was rejected)
:D
Had real fun. Lotsa laffs between us and in the audience.
Who wont laugh - with models coming in ethnic kurtha, and a sunglass to top it up !
and with models coming in flashy fluourescent T shirts (the colors in the higher frequency domain!)
Fashion show ends... Gap filler - mouth organ by Sheku.
Gives ample time for a dress change.
We gear up in the dance costume - blue jeans, red shirt.
(The same fashion show team forms the dance team, okay - 4 of us - a gal too)
Got onto the stage.
And started the zero-co-ordination dance.
Luckily for us, most of the time, the stage was illuminated by flickering light.
That means, the audience will be left with their own imagination on What the Heck is Going on..
:)
And for the final formation (where u stand still and pose for the camera with cheese all over your face),
the intelligent light engineer turns on the main light..
The over excited crowd made sure that our feet didnt touch the floor..
We were carried away !
The stage rocked !
_____________________________________________________________________
Add the following to the end of the last three lines
1. they made us fly
2. in stretchers
3. there were too many rocks. A thorough cleanup was required before the next pgm could start..
:D
Rat: I'm not in any team. We dont have any TM(Technical Manager) to lead us (for the time being)
Jaggu: Great. I mean.. Can you join our team ?
Rat: Why? Yes, no problem..
The discussion gives a feeling that I 'm gonna join a team of performers.
All I need to do is to be with us to add a head count.
But thats not the true picture.
It was a total mess.
We went to the gym.
Thats where we have some room for rehearsal..
Some 7-8 guyz and galz..
All staring at each other.. And doing nothing else.
I asked Jaggu. Ok So who's gonna do the choreo ?
Arey kyaa yaar.. You only have to do it.
Me :-O
Now I got it..
This guy has counted me based on my performance , a couple of years back - another cultural fest..
Now since it is a chance to get on stage, I decided to go ahead.
Wednesday night - song selection, mixing, rendering - all at my works station.
Wednesday late night - choreography (in my mind)
Thursday full day - rehearsals
(Fashion show rehearsal also went on , hand in hand..)
Friday !
The big day.
The first program is ours..
Fashion show first.
Had a look at the stage. 5 ppl can barely stand over it - so clumsy !
And here we are - 10 of us, planning to form single train and double train on the stage.
Sudden change of plan - Ramp extension.
No physical extension of the stage, just that we, the models would jump out of the stage and walk a few steps
in between the audience.
That move was well received :)
The very name of the show was Fun Show (I suggested Falthoo show, but that was rejected)
:D
Had real fun. Lotsa laffs between us and in the audience.
Who wont laugh - with models coming in ethnic kurtha, and a sunglass to top it up !
and with models coming in flashy fluourescent T shirts (the colors in the higher frequency domain!)
Fashion show ends... Gap filler - mouth organ by Sheku.
Gives ample time for a dress change.
We gear up in the dance costume - blue jeans, red shirt.
(The same fashion show team forms the dance team, okay - 4 of us - a gal too)
Got onto the stage.
And started the zero-co-ordination dance.
Luckily for us, most of the time, the stage was illuminated by flickering light.
That means, the audience will be left with their own imagination on What the Heck is Going on..
:)
And for the final formation (where u stand still and pose for the camera with cheese all over your face),
the intelligent light engineer turns on the main light..
The over excited crowd made sure that our feet didnt touch the floor..
We were carried away !
The stage rocked !
_____________________________________________________________________
Add the following to the end of the last three lines
1. they made us fly
2. in stretchers
3. there were too many rocks. A thorough cleanup was required before the next pgm could start..
:D
posted by Rat at 3:15 PM
2 Comments:
Hmm...
:_)
Reminds me of one dance during one of our prgms... 4 of my class mates on stage... there were at least 25 snaps of that single dance item. In not a single photo we could spot at least two of them taking the same step. Perfection of no-coordination. :_D
You cant say that there is no co-ordination. There is one particular snap where everything is in sync. Aaah.. yes... the lens cover was still on :D
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