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January 2014

SHREK Rehearsal Journal #6

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Well today was interesting!  We came to CSOPA to find out that the director for the day would be the lovely Lisa as our director was out sick.  And by sick, I mean deathly sick.  In the ten years I have been at CSOPA I do not think I can remember a time where he

SHREK Rehearsal Journal #5

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Last day before New Years Eve!  Today was a lot like the others: run, stairs, core, burpees, stretching, etc.  We then got our notes from our run through yesterday and worked through them until lunch break.  Some people worked with Andrew on blocking or intentions, some people worked with Shelley on sharpening the choreography, some

December 2013

SHREK Rehearsal Journal #4

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29 December 2013 (video credit to Josh Robinson) What another lovely rehearsal!  We started with our regular warm-up (see previous blog entry) but instead of 1 minute of each exercise with a minute break, we did two sets of 30 seconds each with no break...  I still haven't decided which ones burns more

SHREK Rehearsal Journal #3

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RUN-THROUGH DAY!!! ... and by run-through, I mean stumble through. I don't know if I'm remembering incorrectly but I'm almost 100% sure for past first run-throughs, we stopped a lot more times than we did today. We started with our daily warm-up and by warm-up I mean boot camp. Here is what an example of