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Wednesday July 22, 2009

9:11 AM

Chris

I have not posted anything in a long time.  Lot’s have changed since my last post.  We have moved from New York City and now live in Rock Springs Wyoming.  Why you ask?  I took a professor job at Western Wyoming community college home of a wonderful musical theater program.  I am now getting the opportunity to teach and direct musical theater.  The transition from New York City to rock Springs was pretty good.  We miss all our friends in New York City and the wonderful opportunity that city brings.  But I am loving my new job where I can put all my theories that I've learned along the way to the test.  I promise mom and Mary Jo, I will use my website more efficiently now.  More wonderful posts to come!!!!

Oh, we also had another baby, she was born almost a year ago in August and her name is Ashley.  Caitlin is now three and Ashlee will be one in August.  Beth is doing well.  She has adjusted from being a full-time worker to a full time mom and she is good at both.

Wednesday July 22, 2009

10:47 AM

Chris

                            Muscial Theatre DNA

                                 By Chris Will

 Please e-mail me if you have any questions about this (cwill@wwcc.wy.edu)

This is what I think the Art of Muscial Theatre Is

Doing all of these elements at the same time!

Acting =                                                                

·Objectives                                     

·Conflict 

·Images

·Connected to thought

Music =

·Sing on right pitch

·Use proper Rhythms 

·Use breath Properly

·Connected to thought

 Dance =

·Move in proper Rhythm

·lean different skills for body

·Know how to technically use your body

·Connected to thought

Movement =

·Using the music to create gestures

·Using Body to pursue an objective

·Movement in between  Technique Motion

 Set form =

·Given Technical motion or Sung word to do something (Dance or Sing) in a concrete way            

 Free form =

·Given motion  or  spoken word to do something (act or movement) done anyway you want, you choose how it is done

External Music =

·Music that is guiding your singing or Technical Movement

·From Piano or CD

 External Qualities =

·Words that are guiding your Acting and your Movement

·Much like Music these are words to help with the same process

·From the Director or teacher

 Sung Words =

·Words sung in Rhythm

·Music’s main element

 Spoken Words =

·Words spoken freely

·Acting’s main element

 Motion =

·Using the body in a free non-technical way

 Technical Motion =

·Using the body with the skills & Technique learned in dance class

 Body =

· The body is used for technical movement in dance and all three Acting, Singing, Dancing, with Movement

 Voice =

·The voice is used for either spoken words or sung words

Thought =

·Is  the center of everything we do in musical theatre

·The process of thought is divided into two types

·Preplanned

·Improvised

·Must start with Preplanned and willing to change thought in the middle of the process on stage with Improvised

Energy =

·Is the lines that connect all the elements together

·Is what puts the Musical Theatre DNA in Motion

· It is what is released as the end result 

Wednesday March 19, 2008

8:00 AM

Chris

Well, back at the auditions.  I had one for a summer stock season.  It was for 5 shows, and I went in feeling good, and I sang two songs for them and made then laugh, so I feel like I did my job.  There are always so much that you can't control, so it feels good when you do the best you can, and leave it with them. 

More to come.....

Tuesday February 26, 2008

8:00 AM

Chris

DUCK

Had another one today, it was for a voice over.  It was my first voice over audition in New York City, and I had a great time going it.  It was for a new Adobie reader program.  Dont think I got it, but had a fun time with it.

More to come....

Tuesday February 19, 2008

8:00 AM

Chris

West Side Story

Today, I had another audition for West Side Story.  I was really looking forward to this audition, BUT it was the day I got back from a family trip, and I was not feeling very well.  So the audition did not go very well, but there will be more to come.

I did have a great time with my family and working with the students at University of Wyoming, and the students at EAC.

More to come....

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