Hairspray Musical Learning about dance movements in my Dance Appreciation course helped me have a better understanding of how certain movements work. When I had the opportunity to watch Hairspray the musical in my collage, the dance movements became clear to me. Watching the performers in the musical doing their dance moves, and bing able to understand why those dance movies where chosen for this musical makes the viewer understand the choreography. Reading and learning about the responsibility the choreographer has when putting on a dance or musical helped me appreciate Hairspray and the hard work the choreographer put into this musical. As I observed from the audience seat as the musical was happening I had a better understanding of dance and of how the performers presented a certain move to the …show more content…
In this musical I felt the choreographer did have the ability to share their personal statement with the audience. The energy each individual performer gave out throughout the performance definitely reflected on the good work the choreographer had put into this musical. Throughout the performance the amount of foot work is amazing. For example, at the beginning of the musical when the cast members preformed “ Good Morning Baltimore” there was many foot moment which helped the performers to get from one side of the stage to the other. I also noticed that each cast member practiced stillness when they would move their feet, but keep their upper body straight. When Tracy would sing and dance at the same time there was a lot of support concentrated on her lower body due to the amount of movement she provided throughout the performance. In the performance she would have to get to one side of the stage and quickly travel to the next while maintaining a perfect balance between her dance moves.