First Peter and the Wolf Rehearsal

We had our first rehearsal for PATW today. We didn't actually do much, but it was a first rehearsal, so I didn't really expect to. Mostly we sat and talked about Sergei Prokofiev, what his life was like, and why he composed Peter and the Wolf.

We learned the introduction section where the narrator introduces all of the characters and the musical instruments that represent them. Since I'm the wolf's understudy, I spent most of this time standing in the back of the studio marking choreography.

We also learned the first scene where Peter dances merrily about, the Bird comes out of her tree, and the trees/meadow plants greet Peter and the Bird. Our director seems to be very fond of en de dans turns with arms in high fifth and a whip through second for this ballet. I'm pretty sure in the 3 minutes of actual choreography we learned today, each character does at least one.

We haven't started Carnival of the Animals, and the rehearsal schedules are unclear as to when each ballet is being rehearsed, it just has a list of names and times. I think they said we would start individual choreography for Carnival next week. It should be a lot easier and quicker to learn because there are only two scenes where a large group of people is on stage, unlike PATW which has almost the entire cast onstage for most of the ballet.

Stay on your toes,

Selly