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Re: Marcus Pei
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:07 am
by mrmikerocks
Re: Marcus Pei
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:15 am
by Billy Whiz
Thanks for the review on Marcus's debut mrmikerocks.
We have another star
Re: Marcus Pei
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:23 am
by porschesrule
Thanks for providing that review, mrmikerocks. It seems that Marcus's journey as Billy has been launched in fine fashion. Best wishes to Marcus for many more excellent performances to come.
Re: Marcus Pei
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 1:34 pm
by ERinVA
Good to read that he had an excellent debut.
Re: Marcus Pei
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:53 pm
by porschesrule
allthatsknown wrote:Is it standard for Chicago Billy's to have the same Electricity routine?
From everything I've read, it seems like they start out new Billys everywhere with a basic routine in "Electricity", and then, as they get more experience and settle into the role, the resident choreographer gradually helps them work more "signature" moves into it to make it their own.
Re: Marcus Pei
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:22 am
by mrmikerocks
allthatsknown wrote:Haha... thought so... When I saw Mikey's last, he had some moves too that most do not do, and I guess that may have stuck in my mind.. I should pay attention more...After all, I do have 33 shows under my belt and soon to be 34 in an hour!!
Maybe ill see you. I'm going too. Lol
Re: Marcus Pei
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:21 am
by ERinVA
porschesrule wrote:allthatsknown wrote:Is it standard for Chicago Billy's to have the same Electricity routine?
From everything I've read, it seems like they start out new Billys everywhere with a basic routine in "Electricity", and then, as they get more experience and settle into the role, the resident choreographer gradually helps them work more "signature" moves into it to make it their own.
The Billys' routines do get modified from time to time, sometimes to up the difficulty level as they progress as dancers, but they definitely do not all start with exactly the same routine. Of course there are moves that are the same from one Billy's routine to the other, but most Billys do have their own signature moves in place from the outset. This is not to say that over the history of the show no two Billys have done the same routine, because they probably have, but it isn't correct to say that they all start with the same routine.
Re: Marcus Pei
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:34 am
by mrmikerocks
ERinVA wrote:porschesrule wrote:allthatsknown wrote:Is it standard for Chicago Billy's to have the same Electricity routine?
From everything I've read, it seems like they start out new Billys everywhere with a basic routine in "Electricity", and then, as they get more experience and settle into the role, the resident choreographer gradually helps them work more "signature" moves into it to make it their own.
The Billys' routines do get modified from time to time, sometimes to up the difficulty level as they progress as dancers, but they definitely do not all start with exactly the same routine. Of course there are moves that are the same from one Billy's routine to the other, but most Billys do have their own signature moves in place from the outset. This is not to say that over the history of the show no two Billys have done the same routine, because they probably have, but it isn't correct to say that they all start with the same routine.
i would think it would also depend on what there strong suit is ie: ballet, gymnastics and such.
Re: Marcus Pei
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:29 am
by ERinVA
That's correct.
Re: Marcus Pei
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:05 pm
by porschesrule
ERinVA wrote:The Billys' routines do get modified from time to time, sometimes to up the difficulty level as they progress as dancers, but they definitely do not all start with exactly the same routine. Of course there are moves that are the same from one Billy's routine to the other, but most Billys do have their own signature moves in place from the outset. This is not to say that over the history of the show no two Billys have done the same routine, because they probably have, but it isn't correct to say that they all start with the same routine.
I didn't mean to imply that the Billys all start with the "same" routine. What I meant was they usually begin with a more basic routine and gradually it gets features added to it over time. And yes, a very big part of that is playing to their strengths and backgrounds as a dancer and also their expertise in acro.