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Hi everybody!

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Welcome back!

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The focus of this session is movement.

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Today, we'll look at how ordinary movement

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can become dance in a show.

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Like music,

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movement in musical theater

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conveys emotion and character
while moving the story forward.

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Specific movement to music
and theater is called choreography.

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Choreography, or the dances in a show,

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can teach the audience about the show
setting, plot, and characters.

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Like, for example,
when the animals gather together

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at Pride Rock to celebrate the birth
of Simba during "Circle of Life,"

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their movement is joyful.

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Or when young Simba daydreams during

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"I Just Can't Wait to be King,"
he can barely stand still.

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Oh, I love that song.

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Hey, Jelani.

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Jelani. Hey, Jelani.

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I'm sorry. What are you doing?

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I'm listening to
"I Just Can't Wait to be King."

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The music is fun and upbeat,
which makes you want to bounce around

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and dance fast,
but it also feels high and light.

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You know, it's
pretty easy to describe movement

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if I think about its different qualities,
like high and light

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as I listen to the music and dance.

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You try!

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Okay!

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The qualities of your movement are low,

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sharp, grounded and heavy.

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Kind of makes me think
you're listening to something evil.

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Is it "Be Prepared?"

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Good Jelani

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Now let's both try.

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Okay.

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The movement inspired by the song
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"

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is fluid and uses the medium level.

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Light and slow.

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Oh. Hey, Syndee —
did you know that our natural movement

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when listening to music
can be a starting place for choreography?

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Sure did!

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Once basic movement is developed
from listening to the music

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and dance qualities
that support storytelling are identified,

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it's time to create and learn
choreography for the show.

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The Choreographer is responsible
for creating dances

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for musical numbers
and teaching them to the performers.

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Let's hear from Garth Fagan
about his role

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as Choreographer
for The Lion King on Broadway.

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My job is to take the dances

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that tell stories

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that enliven the stories

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that the singers told or the actors told,

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so you get a different perspective on it.

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You know, Nala and Simba are in love,
and then they dance

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by embracing each other and Simba
lifting up Nala.

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I want a strong, sharp movement.

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I want a soft, lovely little color
movement.

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You know, that's my job
to get that out of the dancers.

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Then we have to deal with
where you put it in space.

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Is it gonna be upstage left?

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Where

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it's a very strong place on the stage.

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Is it gonna be right down front center,
on top of the audience,

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right in the audience's face?

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And then how to move it
from one area to the other

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so it looks like that's
how lions would move.

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That's how hyenas would move.

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That is a job for
Choreographer: to entertain

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enlighten,

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educate audiences, all of those same.

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Let's look at how Garth interpreted
the three songs we listened to today.

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Notice how in
"I Just Can't Wait to Be King," Young Simba

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does a bouncy step
that is inspired by regular skipping.

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Here, in "Be Prepared," the hyenas

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are marching with sharp,
angular, grounded steps.

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And "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"

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demonstrates light and fluid movement.

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Today, we examined the relationship
of movement to music, explored the building

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blocks of choreography, and looked
at the job of the Choreographer.

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Now, you'll turn ordinary movement into
dance and create your own choreography

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for a moment

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in The Lion King Kids.