[With all of the other political nonsense threads, I thought that I would bring a bit of normality, if I can.]
As a start to his senior year, The Boy has been cast as Sammy Goldenbaum in "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" by William Inge. It was the role that he wanted, as he is the subject of discrimination and attempts suicide. (Lots to work with there.)
Meanwhile, as fate would have it, the high school musical ("Bring It On") was scheduled as the same weekend as both the American Midwest Ballet's and Lincoln Midwest Ballet's productions of The Nutcracker. He already had decided not to do AMB's production, so that he could perform a larger role in the Lincoln show. It also was going to be perhaps his last chance to dance with a family friend (and daughter of his first ballet teacher) who was selected to train with Ballet West next year (skipping her senior year). He was torn, as he also feels like he missed out on high school things his first two years. In the end, he was asked to be the choreographer for the high school musical, and he wanted to take on that challenge. (Plus, he figures that it will look good on a college application.) Now, he will be watching video of the Broadway production, as well as a high school production, learning and tweaking the audition dance so that he can teach it, and figuring out what dances will work for his high school.
They were learning choreo for Show Choir this week, so he had to move between play practice and it, so he had to keep catching up. It is funny that last year's set featured heavy tap dancing in one song, because they had an excellent guy tapper. This year, the choreography is heavy on lyrical & contemporary dancing, although it is the "competition style" with overly broad emoting.
I know that so many of you have had children go through the senior year and getting them ready for the real world, but the shit is getting real now.
