Perhaps the characters (with the exception of Micheal) use dance as a way to show their true feelings/true selves. I was thinking of that last night, when I was re-reading the script, and perhaps this was already totally obvious to everyone, but I just noticed how much clearer the characters' (especially the sisters) personalities are when they dance, as opposed to when they are interacting with each other. As though they all wear a mask, but when they dance, the masks can come off, and their emotions are laid down raw. I think this applies to all of the characters but Micheal, because Micheal doesn't feel the need for this sort of expression, first as a child (who say exactly what they mean, what they want, and what they feel) and then as an adult, serving as the voice of truth. He has nothing to hide. But the rest of the characters cannot show their true colors all the time, for multiple reasons. I could be totally reading this wrong. Or, perhaps this has already been decided, and I just didn't pick up on it until now, like the "fathers and fathers" joke. But the adjectives that are next to the characters' dance descriptions are really intriguing to me. All of these people seem like they have so much bottled up inside.
Just a thought.
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Julia,
I think that is a fabulous point and I completely agree. It will be awesome to see how the actors develop their "character walk" and movement because how much the dancing impacts the audience all depends on the dancing itself. Just seeing a mere 20 minutes of working on character made magnificent strides for everyone and I'm so excited to see how the dancing develops and begins to impact the audiences, just as much as it impacted all of us as we read the script.
I believe Gerry sort of convey's his want and needs through dancing but i'm not sure how yet...
Dan- (Hartman) is it possible that maybe Gerry conveys his thoughts more through those he chooses to dance WITH and how he dances with them, instead of just how he dances alone? Because we never see him dance alone (at least, that I know of) but I would think that his feelings would show a lot depending on if he was dancing with Chris, Agnes, or Maggie, and definitely his wants relationship wise. That's all I can come up with. Or perhaps this whole idea is a balderdash scheme.
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