Lauren Breen- "Romeo and Juliet" is a team effort!

The Team!

   
      Well, we've just finished another week of rehearsals and I'm happy to report that we have successfully staged the entire ballet!  Now that we've learned all of our steps, we must begin to focus on developing our characters.  And for the members of the ensemble, this might mean a new character for each act!  I start out the ballet as a market lady, casually dancing and enjoying a nice day in the market until fighting disrupts the scene.  Next I'll be in the ball, either as a regal Capulet woman or a young friend of Juliet.  Then its back to the market for more dancing and lots more fighting before returning again as a friend of Juliet coming to wake her up on her wedding day.  This can get a little bit confusing!!  That's why its important for us to work on how to make each part look different.  An innocent friend of Juliet at her first fancy party would not interact with her fellow party goers in the same way that a mature Capulet woman would.  And a Capulet woman would carry herself in a much more proper manner than the ladies dancing around the market.  By thinking about these differences we are able to establish the tone of each scene and help the main characters better tell their stories.  So even though you know the ballet as just Romeo and Juliet, its takes the whole team to tell their story.  (Though I think Romeo, Juliet and Market Lady #3 has a nice ring to it !!!)