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| re: Time Out: The hottest chorus guys and gals of 2019 | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 06:49 pm EST 03/01/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Time Out: The hottest chorus guys and gals of 2019 - Michael_Portantiere 06:18 pm EST 03/01/19 | |
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| I'm not in casting, but it seems logical to me that training to dance at levels we routinely see in Broadway shows is incredibly physical exercise, so it's not surprising to me that professional dancers tend to be lean and tight and muscular, but not too muscular. If we all had the natural talent and the time to put in the physical work over a couple of decades, we'd all look like Broadway dancers. But we do see diversity in ensembles when casting people purposely seek that. Look at a show like KINKY BOOTS, which features an ensemble of different body types all of whom move to varying degrees. One of the worst examples of casting an ensemble I've ever seen was the most recent revival of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. That production was directed by a choreographer, who filled his ensemble completely with dancers with traditional dancer bodies. But, this is a show that cries out to be populated with character of different ages and body types. So the production featured an ensemble of dancers trying to play characters, rather than characters moving and dancing. |
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| re: Time Out: The hottest chorus guys and gals of 2019 | |
| Posted by: Holland 08:59 pm EST 03/01/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Time Out: The hottest chorus guys and gals of 2019 - JereNYC 06:49 pm EST 03/01/19 | |
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| Hear! Hear! regarding that chorus in How to Succeed. Contrast with The Brother of Man number in the film which is so ridiculously delightful because of the casting. I've often wondered if they had a particular advantage in the film because they could get the perfect actors without being concerned if they could sing, or was this perhaps actual chorus members from the Broadway production? | |
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| Along the same lines, but in the opposite direction... | |
| Posted by: Quicheo 07:03 pm EST 03/01/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Time Out: The hottest chorus guys and gals of 2019 - JereNYC 06:49 pm EST 03/01/19 | |
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| ...the ensemble of the current Kiss Me, Kate is quite diverse in body type. And Head Over Heels had some fun with our changing perceptions of what makes a body "hot" earlier this season. FWIW, just looking over the past several years of these lists also show how standards of beauty / hotness change and evolve. |
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