Thursday 21 October 2010

Surfin' USA at school

Never, ever, use beachballs as a dance prop. Our school is having its first dance concert, and every teacher had to choreograph a dance. So YouTube became very important for "inspiration". Our song is Surfin' USA, and the kids loved this video. So we went with the beachball thing. First we learned some moves and I learned that I am not, never was and never will be a choreographer. Writer, Director, Producer, bring it on, but dance? Not my thing. So I add in 27 beachballs. Beachballs can be thrown, bounced, popped, deflated, inflated, blown away, sat on, stood on. They also look really good from the audience veiwpoint doing a Mexican wave type dance- so I'm sure it will all be OK next week when we do 2 (2!) performances. The second performance might be pushing our luck.......

1 comment:

Annie said...

Good luck- what do they say?- never work with kids or animals......or kids holding beach balls...........have fun!