Thread: Show for an event - Advise

I will be dancing for a event this next friday, i have to make 5 pieces, and due to the soonest of the event, i will love to have some advice.

Do you recomend to performance the pieces in two section or just in one.

Open to all sugestion due im not often make Private events .

It sounds interesting, but I'm not sure what you mean with 5 pieces? Do you mean sets, styles, costume changes?

Forming your show(s) also depend on what you agreed upon with your client, i.e. what they expect from you and your show.

Also, I'm not aware where you normally perform, but perhaps biulding up your show can be roughly the same?

B

Hi with five piece i mean songs, five songs, i dont usually do shows , just dance in festivals one piece and stuff like that, so im a little lost , my client wants 4-5 songs.

If i make 4 should i divide in two set , 2-2 ? and stuff like that i want to know, i would apreciate cause show is so soon

you'll need to discuss with the client if they want ONE set, or TWO with a costume change

How i build the set depends on the kind of party. and seems to vary culturally.

in the us most dancers start with a fast intro, than vary slow and fast, culminating in a drumsolo, possibly followed by pop.

here we often start with something slower, clients like a mysterious veil intro, and then vary fast/slow/mid tempo, ending in drumsolo and or pop...

if they want audience participation i go for more pop. if it's a strictly stage show, i forego the pop.

I'd say discuss with your client what they expect. Also, 1 song can last 3 minutes while others last 10 minutes..

I know most Western performances are: intro (sometimes with veil), fast/slow routine, drumsolo and possible audience participation with Arab pop music (sometimes with sagat).

I usually dance a fast intro (sometimes tuning it down with a silk veil or wings), incorporate some saidi or baladi in the routine, do some audience participation (if suitable) and always end with a drum solo, as the entrance and finale are the most memorable parts of your performance.

Good luck and enjoy!

B

Hi is a party for an asociation of choopers in a bussines club, so i was thinking of this music:

1 - intro Shik shak shok - Fast/veil
2 - Ismaaouni ( duet)

3- Second duet - Fast song
4- Close with a belly-samba fusion. ( magdalena)

Sounds like a fun set! If its under 20 mins one set is probably fine, if they want a longer set I often split it up because I find unless you're on a stage in a proper show, the attention span is about 15 mins. :)