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Balletdork:
I'm teaching some SMing for dance Master Classes for USITT soon- does anyone have any suggestions for discussion topics?

Any ideas are welcome!

Thanks!

centaura:
There's a lot of great information in the current thread on dance sm (here in the other forum).  Several of the things that have come up in member's discussion would work as discussion topics for your classes.  I.E. stop watch or no stop watch?  How are different prompt books/cue lists written for dance?  The differences between a dance show and a musical.  Those are a few discussion topics that jump immediately to mind.

-Centaura

BalletPSM:
The differences between actors and dancers.

What the backstage atmosphere is like during rehearsals/performances.

The extreme importance of safety and taking all necessary precautions.

Choreographer v. director -- what's the difference? What can you expect to encounter?

Those are just some random 2 am thoughts...How much time do you have for each class session?

Balletdork:
Time is the reason I'm requesting suggestions! A total of 5 hours of 2 days- yikes!

BalletPSM:
So...I'm assuming that each class is a different set of people, or do you have some of the same students?

You could also talk about the importance of being familiar with ballet terminology and the importance of being able to read music (at least I think that's important...maybe you have different thoughts).  Are you only addressing stage management, or are you addresing company and production management as well? 

Whenever I do workshops, I usually bring in one of my scores and one of my production books and then take the group through my process as a stage manager from hire to closing night.  Since at the ballet I fill two roles, I tend to also talk about my role as the prod. manager and how this works in tandem with stage managing all the ballets.

Hopefully this gives you more ideas. 

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