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Stage Management: Other / A Quick Terminology Question for You Ballet Experts

« on: Feb 06, 2007, 12:54 am »

Which is correct? 

1. She danced across the stage, joining the chorus at stage left.

OR

2. She danced across the stage, joining the ensemble at stage left.

or is there a word other than "chorus" or "ensemble" that would be more appropriate?

Thanks in advance.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / PEOPLE: How to keep kids *quietly* busy at rehearsal?

« on: Sep 18, 2006, 02:17 pm »

I'm SM-ing a community theatre production where all but one of the 14 actors are kids (age 11-17 yrs, with most around 12-13 yrs).  We've done the best we can to call specific actors *only* when they'll be needed, but by necessity this still means we often have actors waiting off stage during rehearsal.  Keeping them occupied but quiet has been a challenge, especially since our rehearsal space has horrible acoustics, so echoes are a big issue.  Does anyone have ideas for quiet activities to engage kids while they wait...preferrably something they could easily leave and rejoin.  I've heard of one children's group teaching all the actors to knit, but this was a much younger group and I'm not sure my teens would go for it.  Ideas anyone?  Pleeeeease. : ^)