Monday, November 16, 2009

Musical Theater Nov 16, 2009

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Lesson: Today we will begin looking at musicals and sets from the 1900's -1950. We will learn the proper build up to an older musical. We will analyze a typical show and find the formula to a great musical.

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  1. Abbey TingNovember 16, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    First of all, guy's got a great voice. Second, I realy like the choreography. Classic. Third, I really just like the entire piece overall. It's such a feel-good song. If I were to wake up to that everyday, I might start having a much brighter outlook, and not just have to distract myself with cheesy humour and shallow amusement. (-supersecretly points at Q-)

    I also liked how they started the piece, with those children playing out a sword-fight. It's actually kinda cute. ^-^ Very nice. The Newsies, what is that? I'd really like to know, butI don't feel like googling it. -.O

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  2. !!Gabriella!!November 16, 2009 at 11:28 AM

    So this is that "other" musical Kenny Ortega is extremely famous for choreographing. I think he did an amazing job with it. Did he direct this too? I really like this song, but i honestly wish the lead was sung by a different guy. Maybe some one with a little more powerful voice. His voice was really good for the beginning but for the middle part where everyone starts singing. The dancing was totally sick. It had some awesome steps in there that I wouldn't mine learning. I think i would mite actually waste my time watching this musical. Well, if all of the songs are this good anyway.

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  3. Katy =)November 16, 2009 at 3:47 PM

    Wow I actually enjoyed watching this video. I thought it was going to be boring at first but I actually ended up liking it. The song was cool. And I loved the dancing those kids were really impressive. It must have taken them a lot of work to learn that dance. Everyone preformed perfectly it was so cool to watch. At the beggining when everyone had to do the same dance it looked like it must have been hard to learn. If one person messed up the whole thing would look bad.And the ending was cool.

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  4. The KeeanNovember 18, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    This clip brings back memories, because I used to watch Newsies all the time. One memory wasn't so good because this is the song I was dancing along to, then lost my balance, hit my forehead against the corner of a glass table, and had to get stitches, blegh. BUT anyways, I love this musical, and I enjoy the classic feeling you receive from this clip. I love classic Walt Disney films.

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  5. GrayNovember 18, 2009 at 12:10 PM

    The dancing choreography in this song is very well coordinated, and it is very exciting. The dancing in this scene keeps my attention all the way through the song. The time period of the setting during this song reminds me of the early 1900s in Europe or possibly America. I say this because the colors are more earthy and not as colorful as the attire of today's times. There are also backflips, and displays of moves originating from break dancing are also evident. The synchronization of the movements through this song is excellent and awe-inspiring.

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  6. @_@nathan@_@November 18, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    Wow!!!! I really like this song and video. The song is very up-beat and energetic. They had very good voices. The dancing was also very well performed. I especially liked the part when they formed a small circle thing and started dancing and doing flips and other crazy things. Also the little kids that were "Sword fighting" in the beginning was AWESOME!!! I don't know why, but they just were.

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  7. Jake SchafferNovember 19, 2009 at 5:59 PM

    First of all, the singer was great. He was a little softer than I would have liked but he still did an amazing job. Of course, that is what’s to be expected from a Disney movie :P secondly, the dancing was superb! All of the Ariel acrobatics were simply awe-inspiring. And they all stayed completely in sync throughout the whole entire song. You can definitely see evidence of modern dances such as break dancing in this video. It might just be me but it seems reminiscent of high school musical.

    ~Jake

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  8. BrittanyNovember 25, 2009 at 1:48 PM

    The singer was prtty good, especially when the other boys joined in. But what I noticed was that he looked like he was straining his voice and his face totally showed it, was he like in pain or something. The footwork was amazing, I mean they were totally in tune with each other. I just wish the main actor would have more energy because even though he sounded good, his voice was way too flat, like he was zoning of. This kindoff reminds me of an old school version of High School Musical.

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