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joevitus said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "

Edited to add that the 8x/week model is unsustainable and torturous on the body after a long time, regardless of the choreographer’s care for pacing. Some dance styles are simply more strenuous and high impact, far more tailored to individual performers’ talents, and therefore harder to just slot people in in the traditional “swing” sense."

The history of Broadway since at least Agnes de Milledisagrees with you. If this show wasn't choreographed in such a way that the dances were impossible to do on a regular performance schedule, that's on that choreographer, not what dancers can sustain in a weekly run. If performerscould dance Robbins, Fosse and Bennett 8 times a week (and they did), the issue isn't what dancers can do, but whether the choreographer is designing dances for that sort of performance schedule."

That’s exactly my point. The choreographers aren’t performing the material; the dancers are. Yes, even dancers who worked with de Mille, Robbins, Fosse, and Bennett hit their physical limits. These people put their bodies through hell and pay for it when they’re older in hip and knee replacements, bad backs, gnarled feet, and worse. Amplify that with the high impact nature of Ballroom and waacking, and you have a recipe for injuries galore.

Updated On: 7/16/26 at 11:58 AM

Not true.  They just don’t have the space for a long running show.  They’ve made the decision to actually be a nonprofit and do a new season of shows.  

quizking101 said: "joevitus said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "

Edited to add that the 8x/week model is unsustainable and torturous on the body after a long time, regardless of the choreographer’s care for pacing. Some dance styles are simply more strenuous and high impact, far more tailored to individual performers’ talents, and therefore harder to just slot people in in the traditional “swing” sense."

The history of Broadway since at least Agnes de Milledisagrees with you. If this show wasn't choreographed in such a way that the dances were impossible to do on a regular performance schedule, that's on that choreographer, not what dancers can sustain in a weekly run. If performerscould dance Robbins, Fosse and Bennett 8 times a week (and they did), the issue isn't what dancers can do, but whether the choreographer is designing dances for that sort of performance schedule."

Remind me which scene in Oklahoma required contortion into a full spinning dip down to the floor with force?"

Tell me you didn't understand my comment without telling me you didn't understand my comment.