Ok, so I'm writing this paper for a class for school and I have to include the styles of dance used in the show I have been assigned to write on. The show I've been assigned is "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." I am having the hardest time finding out what style of dance was used in this show. Does anybody know? I would greatly appreciate any help. The paper is due tomorrow morning. I've been working on it since I was given the assignment and this is the only part of the paper that I can not find the information for.
There's not much dancing in the show, at all. It's more about the book and comedy. As for the little dancing there is, there are little hand motions and goofy freestyling that add to the humour of the show. I don't know if you could categorize it, but I guess I would call it Simple Broadway Jazz? I don't know. You got a tough one.
"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too."
- Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck
actually there was a lot of choreography. i saw the rehearsal process, so i got to see what the choreographer would tell them to do and shtuff. in magic foot- there's one point where he kept using FOSSE terms, and it was very jazzy- alot more dancing than people realize. and during alot of magic foot Rona and Panch do an intricate little dance sequence in the back. in six languages marcy does ballet, hiphop, and some jazzy things. the others do a little jazz here and there. in the ballet sequence, obviously ballet. it was funny there's this one move they called "The West Side Story". in woe is me, the kids sitting on the bleachers had specific motions they had to do over and over. if you have any questions, feel free to PM me. hope this helped:)