Tuesday 28 February 2012

Week Six

All that jazz - Chicago
In todays lesson we were given chicago all that jazz (sheet music) this helped up see where there were breaks in the song and where the lyrics come in- we all learnt the words together then broke them down into three groups once we did this we created movement which went with our lyrics

Come on babe why don't we paint the town
and all that jazz
I'm gonna rouge my knees
and roll my stockings down
and all that jazz
Start the car I know a whoopee spot
Where the gin is cold
but the piano's hot!
It's justy a noisy hall
Where there's a nightly brawl
And all that jazz
And all that jazz
And all that jazz

Slick your hair
And wear your buckle shoes
And all that Jazz
I hear that Father Dip
Is gonna blow the blues
And all that Jazz
Hold on, hon
We're gonna bunny hug
I bought some aspirin
Down at United Drug
I case you shake apart
And want a brand new start
To do that

[Roxie Hart] (imagine)
Jazz
[Velma Kelly]
Find a flask
We're playing fast and loose
And all that jazz
Right up here
Is where I store the juice
And all that jazz
Come on, babe
We're gonna brush the sky
I bet you luck Lindy
Never flew so high
'Cause in the stratosphere
How could he lend an ear
to all that jazz?
Oh, you're gonna see your sheba shimmy shake
[Company]
And all that jazz

[Velma Kelly]
Oh, she's gonna shimmy 'till her garters break

[Company]
And all that jazz

[Velma Kelly]
Show her where to park her girdle
Oh, her mother's blood'd curdle
[Company]
If she'd hear her baby's queer

[Velma Kelly]
For all that jazz
All that jazz
Come on, babe
Why Don't we paint
The town?
And all that jazz
And all that jazz
I'm gonna rouge my knees
And roll my stockings down
And all that jazz
And all that jazz
Start the car
I know a whoopee spot
Where the gin is cold
But the piano's hot
It's just a noisy hall
Where there's a nightly brawl
And all that jazz


No, I'm no one's wife
But, Oh, I love my life
And all
that
Jazz!
That Jazz!

Key :
Group one
Group two
Group three
All

Our groups movements

Come on babe why don't we paint the town

-step out with right foot, bring right arm out and around to the left-

and all that jazz
-bend knees to left and click hand behind-

I'm gonna rouge my knees

- tap thigh with all fingers-

and roll my stockings down

- brush right hand down right leg-

and all that jazz

-step out on left step out on right-

Start the car I know a whoopee spot

-both arms out in front in a driving car gesture swaying left to right-

Where the gin is cold

-bend knees left and do a pouring drink gesture with head back-

but the piano's hot!

-jump to the front 'play piano, while circling hips-

It's justy a noisy hall

- wrap arms around person next to you-

Where there's a nightly brawl

- high kick left high kick right-

And all that jazz

- still sudden movement in different directions-







Week Five




Time warp - Rocky Horror Show

In todays lesson we go given the words to the rocky horror show - time warp, we then got to listen to the musical version of the song -
we all learnt the words together at first...


RiffRaff:
It's astounding;
Time is fleeting;
Madness takes its toll.
But listen closely...

Magenta:
Not for very much longer.

RiffRaff:
I've got to keep control.

I remember doing the time-warp
Drinking those moments when
The Blackness would hit me

Magenta:
And the void would be calling...

Transylvanians:
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.

Narrator:
It's just a jump to the left.

All:
And then a step to the right.

Narrator:
Put your hands on your hips.

All:
You bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.

Magenta:
It's so dreamy, oh fantasy free me.
So you can't see me, no, not at all.
In another dimension, with
voyeuristic intention,
Well secluded, I see all.

RiffRaff:
With a bit of a mind flip

Magenta:
You're into the time slip.

RiffRaff:
And nothing can ever be the same.

Magenta:
You're spaced out on sensation.

RiffRaff:
Like you're under sedation.

All:
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.

Columbia:
Well I was walking down the street
just a-having a think
When a snake of a guy gave me an
evil wink.
He shook-a me up, he took me by surprise.
He had a pickup truck, and the
devil's eyes.
He stared at me and I felt a change.
Time meant nothing, never would again.

All:
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.

Narrator:
It's just a jump to the left.

All:
And then a step to the right.

Narrator:
Put your hands on your hips.

All:
You bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.

After learning the lyrics, we then got up on our feet and put some of the well known moves to song
we watched the original scene from the filmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0SqS2QJdj8
Then looked at the new adapted version people do, which by YouTube looks very popular at weddings and parties

strenghts -

  • the whole class really got into the dancing and we made the lesson fun but productive, we even recorded it as evidence for the unit
  • everyone got involved in creating some of the movements up which we didn't already know
  • everyone sang the song while trying to learn it as it was a popular song to everyone
weaknesses -

  • it was hard to dance and sing in some section for example 'Columbia's ' verse was hard as not everyone knew them words to start with, trying to read the lyrics and dance proved difficult
  • the song doesn't really help your singing as its mainly talking/singing but it does help to dance and sing at the same time

Week Four

Warm up exercise

Be banana...
Be banana be be banana, Peal banana peal peal banana.
Be an orange be be an orange, squeeze the orange squeeze squeeze the orange.
Be a house be be a house, rock the house rock rock the house.
Be a car be be a car, drive the car drive drive the car.
Be potato be be potato, mash potato mash mash potato.
Be a fish be be a fish, swim the fishy swim swim the fishy.

Actions -
banana - arms in air at a point
peal - peal arms down
orange - arms like your holding a large ball
squeeze - like your squeezing the ball
House - arms in a point above your head
rock- whack arms side to side above head
Car - arms out in front (like driving a car)
Drive - sway from side to side
Potato - finger to top lip
Mash- push arms side to side l(low)
Fish - palms together in front of you
Swim- swim your hands forwards

Main activity

We all learnt the words to Moulin Rouge - lady marmalade from a YouTube video.
Once we all got the hang of these we grabbed the chairs and started to put some choreography to the song.

The difficult part to this was then trying to remember the words and the dance, also getting the volume of our voices to over power the music.






Strengths -

  • I picked up the song words quick as i sort of knew them to begin with - this helped with my confidence with the song as i knew the melody of it
  • I picked the movement and character up quickly when we were taught the choreography
  • I tried my hardest to sing as loud as i could while dancing and didn't give up

Weaknesses -

  • It was hard to sing your best while dancing on the chairs, and if you didn't know all the words was very difficult to look at the board sing and dance at the same time
  • the room we were in was rather small for us all to do the movement fully, it also got very stuffy and was difficult to concentrate at times

Week Three

Breathing exercises
  1. Breathing in for 4 and releasing for 6
  2. Breathing in for 6 and releasing on 4
  3. Breathing in for 2 and releasing on 4
  4. Breathing in for 6 and releasing on 2
  5. Months of the year- breathing in for 6 and saying the months of the year until you run out of breath
Warming the vocal chords up

  1. Breathing in for 4 and releasing with an "ooo"
  2. Breathing in for 4 and releasing with an "ahhh"
  3. Breathing in for 6 and releasing with and "ooo"
  4. Breathing in for 6 and releasing with and "ahhh"
  5. Breathing in for 4 and releasing with an "ooo" then opening out to a "ahhh"
  6. Breathing in for 4 and releasing doing a serine noise which comes from the back of the throat
  7. Breathing in for 4 and releasing to do a scale with an "ahhh" sound

Strengths -

  • showed us how good or bad our knowledge was on breath control, and how it was useful to warm up the vocal chords
  • we got to figure out how to make certain sounds and where they come from
  • doing the months of the year really helped figure out how good our own breath control was

Weakness -
  • not everyone in the class joined into the noises as they might of been embarrassed
  • not everyone got the concept of not breathing in when doing the months of the year