Cats Research for choreography

Cats Research into my choreography 

I am in charge of the scenes; Jellicle Ball, I’m in charge of giving my ideas for Pekes and Pollicles and the dance section and ending of Rum Tum Tugger.

In the original show of Cats The Jellicle Ball is the celebration which gathers all of the characters together on this night.  As the Cats dance, Grizabella comes on stage  to watch. Some of the cats sense Grizabella's presence and scare her off and then all of the cats begin to dance in the grand Jellicle ball.

In our concept of fashion we are basing the Jellicle Ball on the idea of a big fashion show of Deuteronomy Design's.
The Pekes and Pollicles is my solo song that I sing in the show and originally is about 2 groups of dogs fighting in the street and causing problems. Then ‘The Great Rumpus Cat’ comes along and breaks up the fight between the two groups of dogs.  Link to further information of how I would wish Pekes and Pollicles to be portrayed.   The song ‘The Rum Tum Tugger’ is about Tugger saying how he can never be pleased by anything you give him. He is cocky and confident and all of the female kittens and cats swoon over him and fall at his feet. In our concept we are still trying to include that Idea of Tugger being cocky and confident but in a model parallel and have all of the girls swoon over him. Choreographically I have thought about the ending of the dance into the instrumental to be the girls dancing around Magic (Tugger) and him joining in and encouraging some flirting between them. The dance needs to be energised to compliment the music as it has a high tempo and a trombone in the song really lifts the music and the movement material needs to complement each other. The requirements for these scenes are for the Jellicle ball is an impressive look with impressive dance routines. The pekes and Poilicles requires a sharp and busy hustle and bustle atmosphere to go with the fast paced song and lyrics.  This song requires camera and notepads as props for this dance. For this song I have put forward my idea (Link to idea) however I have left the choreography down to the capable hands of Kat and Emily to set the dance for the year 12’s. In Rum Tum Tugger the requirements for the song is a constant high energy and no dip in momentum. It requires commitment from all of the people in the dance to carry the flirtatious feel and the energised and bouncy feel to the dance. The ways that I am going to achieve this in all of the pieces is for the Jellicle ball is to create interesting dance phrases and let other people have their input in the dance so it caters for all dancing abilities as dance on a whole is our class’s weakest link. In Rum Tum Tugger the way I am going to achieve is this is to first of all improvise to how I feel to the music to be able to come up with movements that I feel goes naturally and suits the movement so I feel a process of trial and error and improvisation is the key to choreographing this dance.