How dance heavy is A Chorus Line? — Page 2

Namo,

I think Hogan was a little too short for that question.

Is there much Shakespeare in Hamlet?

IIRC, it was Bob Fosse who first bitched that ACL "talks a lot about dancing, but does very little of it." Personally, I don't think he was an unbiased source.

A poster above said there was dance only in the opening, closing and "Hello 12" numbers, but he was only counting the full-company dances. There is tap solo in "I Can Do That", a little ballet in "At the Ballet", etc. and so forth.

If you like to watch dance from the mezzanine, that's where you should sit.

Even when they aren't officially dancing, there's a lot of meaning in the staging, if it is anything like the original. Hint: there's a white line bisecting the stage. When the characters are on the line or in front of it, they are usually in the "present" (i.e., at the audition). When they are US of the line, they are in their past, reenacting their memories.

I think the OP set things off on a tangent that has prevented a straightforward statement regarding the actual question. Whether anyone thinks the show is dance heavy or not, it is absolutely a dance important show. And for that reason, you will want to see the dancing from the best possible vantage point. My other great interest besides the theatre is baseball. In baseball, a majority of one's time is spent NOT seeing what you came to see. But that doesn't mean you want to sit in section 434B.

There isn't a single musical that doesn't look better from the first row of the mezzanine.

And as anyone who has performed in or worked on the show, especially when being staged by Baayork Lee or one of the others who learned the show from her, while it may not be the most heavy dancing you'll do for one show (a number of I know dancers will give that distinction to Cats) every inch of that show is choreographed. Every stage picture is meticulously planned and just about every movement is accounted for. It's not just the few handfuls of dancing in the select numbers mentioned earlier in this thread.

Definitely opt for the mezzanine if possible.

First row mezzanine is definitely the way to go with a show like A CHORUS LINE. You'll get the full scope of the staging and choreography - - - including the iconic opening numbers and the electrifying finale.