Starting Cats Audition (Dance Solo)

We began the lesson by watching the jellicle ball clip from Cats, noting down what movements we saw:

• Jazz leaps, kicks and turns
• Floorwork
• Circular hips
• Extension in arms and legs
• Ball changes
• Head rolls
• Animalistic movment - hands acting as cat claws, crawling like a cat.
• In group formations, the dancing was mainly in unison.

I used the movements in the clip as inspiration when starting to choreograph my solo. My initial ideas for my Cats solo is to start on the floor, crouched down. I plan to come up 'prowling', and immitate the cat claws I saw in the Cats clip. After this, I am going to perform 2 posé turns, which was one of our corner work activities earlier on in the lesson. After the second turn, I wanted to fall quickly to the floor, with my front leg bent and the other behind and extended. I need to find a way to jump up and out of this position gracefully. I came up with this all in a short amount of time and am really excited to develop the ideas. I think I've decided to use the 'Jellicle Ball' music in my audition, as I found it easy and fun to improvise around. Next lesson, I am aiming to get at least 40 seconds of my solo complete. I wish to include kicks and leaps, and ensure that I take full advantage of the space in the dance studio. Due to other commitments - Electra, Bugsy Malone, Into The Woods, Remote - I am going to make a schduele, where set sessions will be dedicated to choreographing and rehearsing my Cats dance solo.

Clip: The Jellicle Ball - YouTube