billeon acts wrote:the dance sequence (that was recorded) starts from about
38 secs in - you see 2 Billys on stage - the blonde one in the front is Bradley Wilson, and behind him is Leon Cooke. Brad exits with coupe jetes that take him across the stage to house right and at about
44 secs we see a smaller darker haired Billy come in with a flip - that's Fox Jackson-Keen. He does a no-hands backflip, two more Billys enter on stage with a flip at about 48 sec. I'm not sure who they are (ETA - I think these are Ollie Gardner and Tom Holland)
57 secs we see Layton Williams (house left) and Josh Fedrick (R) slide to the front of the stage
1:05 street billys - I see Sam Angell, James Lomas, Dean McCarthy, Layton and Josh are behind. I think Travis Yates is on the far stage right.
1:18 - appearing in jete from upstage we see Matthew Koon who double somersaults downstage and he leads a little solo section. Behind him I think are Rhys Yeomans and Dean Charles Chapman and for a brief second we see Olly Taylor saut de chat across the stage behind the three of them.
1:35 - Liam Mower in his now iconic ala seconde turns. Four Billys somersault across the stage alternately behind him. All do no hands somersaults. I'm unclear who they are.
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(quoted from one of 'Justin's' posts earlier regarding one of the you tube clips)
Having viewed a few videos now can any body help to pinpoint any other billies? As I now believe it is easier to see Leon follows the 3 originals with the no hand back flip, joined by Josh? (as he would be the next ballet billy when you miss out the likes of the American Billies who would have probably been classed as ballet (colin, corey) and of course Matthew who comes in later on his own after the street boys, then as stated above, nearly all the same from that point except I believe we can now add that Layton is one of the boys doing a flip behind Liam's turns, as it's been captured in one of the forums facebook gallery photos and Leon and possibly Travis and Matthew/James (?) with Leon doing a split jump behind the new billies?
Also wondered is it possible to still access any of the birthday videos or have they all been removed because they are illegal?
All the Billys who danced the routine are identified -
George Maguire did not perform in that dance sequence due to commitments which prevented him from attending rehearsal until the Wednesday - he appeared in the beginning with Liam and James for his bow and again on stage at the very end. The two future Billys appear at the very end.
The actual dance itself follows the bow of the three originals and is divided into sections - ballet, street, followed by ballet again. Apart from the four Billys who flip at the very end, each Billy only appears once in his section - there's very little cross-over. The ballet Billys - Liam, Leon, Olly, Brad, Dean, Rhys - appear in the ballet section, and the street Billys - James, Travis, Dean, Layton, Sam, Josh, Fox, Tom, Ollie appear in the street section. Matthew is the only exception - him being a street Billy but appearing in the ballet section.
The first ballet section is started by
Leon who is joined by
Brad - flip, walkovers, en dehor turns and coupe jetes to end.
The second section is all street/acro started by
Fox who is joined by
Tom and
Ollie. They flip off the stage and
Josh and
Layton slide to the front from upstage, they remain on stage but go behind (from L-R),
Travis,
Sam,
James,
Dean. They divide into two groups and backflip off-stage.
The third section (ballet) starts with
Matthew from upstage in jete, he double somersaults to the front and is joined by
Dean and
Rhys.
Olly Taylor does a saut de chat (or split jump however you call it) behind them. Matt coupe jetes off stage and is followed by
Liam who coupe jetes on stage and does ala seconde turns. Behind him 4 Billys somersault across the stage - I recognize Josh and Layton. I'm not sure who the other two are. Olly Taylor does not flip. I'm very familiar with how Brad and Matthew flip as well and the more elongated shape they make when somersaulting and I don't think it's them either. If I were to guess - I'd say Fox and Dean both of them having quite compact and athletic flips.
That's all the Billys who actually danced in the megamix accounted for.