Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
#1Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:04pm
so yeah it's one of those days
okay, so i want musicals that either have no dancing or the leads don't dance...or random movement, but nothing super intense.....like for example, in My Fair Lady, the ensemble dances a lot, but Eliza (and Henry and others) don't dance...
My Fair Lady
42nd Street (no dancing for Dorothy Brock)
110 in the Shade
Annie Get Your Gun (Annie and Frank don't dance nearly as much as the ensemble does)
Avenue Q
Beauty and the Beast (no dancing for Belle and the Beast)
Children of Eden
Into the Woods
Les Miz
Man of La Mancha
My Fair Lady
Spamalot (the ensemble dances a lot, but none of the leads are going crazy dancing)
Spelling Bee
Sound of Music
Urinetown (no dancing for Hope, Bobby Strong, or Officer that much)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
1776
Company
of course this list is not to convince myself that i shouldn't take anymore dance classes haha, but please people add to it to give me reassurance that i'm not doomed just because i'll never be in A Chorus Line, Sweet Charity, or Chicago (of course all shows charlotte d'amboise has been in lol).....
Updated On: 6/10/07 at 11:04 PM
#2re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:06pm
Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd
#2re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:11pmRose doesn't dance too much in Gypsy.
#3re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:14pm
PASSION
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
THE APPLE TREE
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
ASSASSINS
GYPSY
THE KING & I (except for "Shall We Dance" of course)
SHE LOVES ME
TELL ME ON A SUNDAY
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#4re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:15pmOklahoma!
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
dramaqueen2
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#5re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:15pm
the show i just saw tonight is choreography-free..
it's a little obsure, it's called I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE
hear my song; it was made for the time when you don't know where to go, listen to the song that i sing, you'll be fine..
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:16pm
I just have to point out that dance played a significant part in the original Company 
(and I miss that 
)
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#7re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:17pm
Lead or no lead, I think actors should still take basic dance lessons.
I mean, it can't hurt! 
"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!"
-Family Guy
#8re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:21pmoh yeah, totally agree. even the leads need to know their right foot from their left! but good to know that there are still starring opps for the singer/actors who move (not dance) well lol
#9re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:22pm
" just have to point out that dance played a significant part in the original Company (and I miss that)"
The dance was quite creative and clever, but rather simple, no? Bennett staged it as if it were something like a Dinner Theatre show.
#10re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:22pmEric, wasn't most of the dancing in Company minimal for the leads (except for Mckechnie, or course). I remember Bennett saying something in a book (Sondheim and Co., I think?) that he had to choreograph for 13 non-dancers.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
stonewall2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/12/04
#11re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:23pm
Jane Eyre
Jekyll and Hyde
"I'm mad, you're mad. we're all mad"...
The Cheshire Cat
#12re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:23pmHairspray
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
#13re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:24pm^Uh, unless you're talking about another Hairpsray that I'm not familar with, doesn't Tracy Turnblad dance a lot in the show?
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
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#14re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:34pm
"Eric, wasn't most of the dancing in Company minimal for the leads (except for Mckechnie, or course). I remember Bennett saying something in a book (Sondheim and Co., I think?) that he had to choreograph for 13 non-dancers. "
Yes and no--from what I've seen and read. Bennett had some troubles cuz he had to learn how to choreograph for 13 non-dancers--still there's a lot of important movement in the original production--which tells a lo t about character (Chapin in his book on Follies says it was watching Bennett's work in Company that made him realize how important dance could be in musicals). Side By Side was all movement--simple steps but it left people liek Stritch (who didn't care for Bennett) winded. Drive a Person Crazy had notoriously brilliant and FAST choreography, there was for a while in rehearsals (and out of town?) a sort of ballet in Act I--to call the original production a non dancing show (except for Tick Tock) would--IMHO anyway--be wrong. It was enough that actors complained abotu some of the numbers (however you're right--it could count as one that someone without much dance training could do)
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Updated On: 6/8/07 at 11:34 PM
#15re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:47pm
Sandy doesn't typically dance in Grease since she doesn't go to the school dance...I know Kathleen Marshall may do something different since Laura Osnes can dance
of course i vowed never to do Grease again haha
BDrischBDemented
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/05
#16re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:52pmAlso, in 42nd Street, Julian does little dancing. "Lullabye of Broadway" maybe, but that's it. Such a great role.
"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#17re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/8/07 at 11:58pm
I just got done playing Rosemary in How To Succeed...
Rosemary & finch don't really dance at all..
#18re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:16amglinda and elphaba don't dance other than any random movement in "one short day" in wicked either
#19re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:18am
"^Uh, unless you're talking about another Hairpsray that I'm not familar with, doesn't Tracy Turnblad dance a lot in the show?"
I was kidding. = )
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
#20re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/9/07 at 4:39am
ASSASSINS and BLOOD BROTHERS are the two that spring to mind this morning. ^_^
#21re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/9/07 at 5:00am
Little Shop of Horrors
leads dont dance
except for the three "Sing A Lings"
and even the ensemble only "moves"
AMAZING choice too
such a fantastic show
Now all I see are cute boys with short haircuts in a maze of their own...
#22re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/9/07 at 7:34am
Okay, so there's plenty of shows where the principsls dont dance, but unless you're planning on doing nothing but revivals during your career, it wouldnt hurt to get in there and learn some basic dance. Face it: shows these days are more and more integrated, and -- especially with directors like Doyle -- performers are *expected* to be capable of multi-tasking as much as possible. Yes, you have a specialty, but you also need to know how to cover yourself with as many possibilities as possible. And if you really think you're walking into "leading lady" roles, I imagine most people will roll their eyes and smile sweetly and say "Bless your heart, darlin'..."
So go learn some basic dance and some basic movement, and just make it one more thing you can put in your bag of tricks for the next audition.
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#23re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/9/07 at 8:35amyeah, i totally agree! and fortunately, i do dance and i'm a perfectly competent dancer....just not a dancer FIRST....if i went to a call for dancers who sing, no singers who dance, i wouldn't do well simply because i'd be competing with NYC ballet people and whatnot....and i'm most certainly not that...but yeah, i definitely am continuing dancing and everything. of course! and i agree about having as many skills as possible. even though i am not a huge fan of Doyle's production concept of the instrument, i am grateful that i have a lot of years of piano on my belt!
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#24re: Musicals with no/minimal dancing or where the leads don't dance
Posted: 6/9/07 at 8:41amWhat about FAME? Like, NOBODY dances in that.
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
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