after a tiring week, the concert will finally be over soon. tomorrow is the day. however, there are some thoughts (as an old dancer) about the whole process, with some inputs from my friends.

1. that choreographers do not showcase their prized assets. people being sidelined. those who in fact have star qualities are not being given a role to fulfil their worth and in my opinion, these are those who can actually make the item better. instead, they are the crowd.

2. that choreographers have no right to say that dancers do not do justice to their item. again, in my opinion, this is left to the dancers who, at one point in time during the process, will come to a self realisation that this is true and that they need to step it up.

3. that unnecessary lamenting is indeed unnecessary. it is not productive and it is condescending to the dancers and a poor reflection of your thoughts and character.

4. being productive means being focused to the task at hand. when one says one wants to do a blocking run, then do just that. getting bogged down with choreography during a blocking run defeats that purpose, in addition to wasting your own session's time and the dancers time.

5. preparation is key. while this is important, it has to go hand in hand with being focused (see para 4). there is no point being prepared and knowing what you want but not being focused.

6. respect your dancers the way you want yourself to be respected. this goes without saying.

all the best to me and all for "i am the system!"