Gettin Jiggy With It (with Bridget Bose)

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This week Daniel (@thedanielkemper) and Monty (@montgomerysutto) sit down with Rude Grooms' Master of Movement Bridget Bose (@bridgetbose on Instagram). Bridget has choreographed dances, jigs, and creepy death movement pieces for all Rude Grooms productions. Listen to her talk about her journey from Colorado to New York, starting and running Guilty Pleasures Cabaret, and much more.

Topics include:

Rude Grooms’ Secret Shakespeare Hunt (possibly returning in 2020)Performing at Lincoln Center with Bridget’s cabaret troupe, Guilty PleasuresDancing in a circus in the Middle EastTouring the world in a Bollywood dance company, and becoming a tourist attraction by rehearsing in Central ParkThe happenstance creation of Guilty Pleasures in a tiny UWS barDefying expectations at The Duplex by making dance that functions in a non-traditional spaceThe power of appealing to the 11pm timeslot nicheHow Guilty Pleasures alters shows from late-night to mainstage, from smaller venues to larger venues, and from 1.0 to 11.0 versionsRepurposing successful material to fit in different showsParallels between creating frequent cabaret content and the incredibly prolific rate of new plays in Shakespeare’s LondonKeeping all of her creative work in notebooks and having an archive dating back to high schoolThe importance of overplanning and yet being able to throw it all out in the moment when none of it works for the bodies in the roomCue Scripts and the power of muscle memory from writing down, going back to the beginning until you make no mistakes, or just repeating things over and overThe difficulty of dancing someone else’s choreography vs. what comes naturally to your own bodyThe importance of letting dancers write choreography down in the performer’s own vocabulary because there’s no standardized form of notationHow to navigate the balance choreographing for character and for an individual actorIs there a point at which a piece is “done” for Guilty Pleasures?

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This week’s shoutouts, recommendations, & further reading include:

Guilty Pleasure Cabaret | email: [email protected]; website guiltypleasurescabaret.com; twitter/instagram: @gpcabaretThe Duplex54 BelowLineLearner App, available on the App Store or Google PlayKast App: kastapp.coThe Show Must Go Online, produced by Rob Myles (@robmyles)

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