Stilts Onstage
Stilts Onstage
Grace2001
Swing Joined: 11/4/18
#1Stilts Onstage
Posted: 8/1/20 at 4:13pm
I was watching some footage of “Big Fish” and during “On the Road”, Karl the Giant is able to dance freely. Is he on stilts? How do they work and how on earth do they costume a character who uses stilts? (This is just how my mind wanders. )
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#2Stilts Onstage
Posted: 8/1/20 at 4:32pm
They rehearse...and the costumes are made like all the others, with measurements.
Here are some cool shots from the Lord of the Rings musical, which this thread reminded me of.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3Stilts Onstage
Posted: 8/1/20 at 11:02pmwe made a pair for a hs show, for one of the least graceful girls I've ever known. Within minutes she was walking around. The were strapped to her calves.
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Islander_fan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
#4Stilts Onstage
Posted: 8/2/20 at 10:02am
Correct me if I’m wrong. But, don’t the ensemble members of The Lion King who are the Giraffes, walk on stage with stilts on as part of their costumes?
pg1287
Chorus Member Joined: 5/23/16
#5Stilts Onstage
Posted: 8/2/20 at 2:02pm
A local theater company here did a production of A Christmas Carol and had the Ghost of Christmas Future on stilts in a Grim Reaper outfit. Super effective and creepy!
HasBeen1947
Swing Joined: 2/20/15
#6Stilts Onstage
Posted: 8/3/20 at 11:41am
Although they weren't exceptionally tall stilts, Brooks Ashmanskas appeared in them in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me during an audition sequence where he portrayed both Bob Fosse and Tommy Tune. The stilts were for Tommy Tune, obviously.
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