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Nickolas Fielding (lostlittleboy) wrote in toujoursliberer,
@ 2008-09-01 21:08:00

Entry tags:

evander_rycroft, nell_abbot, plot

Dancing in the Dark
Subject: Dancing Lessons at the Theatre
Who: Evander Rycroft
Where: Bridge Theatre, Stage
Warnings: The Theatre Boys, it's hard to say.
Open to: All of Harry's Boys immediately; Harry and Will or anyone else in the Theatre.

Not wearing much more than the loose harem pants that he frequently wore, Evander moved across the stage, going slowly and breaking down the dance. He'd been serious about teaching the boys so they could show Harry and persuade him to let them put "Arabian Nights" on in the Theatre. Evander moved lithe and agile, swaying around the other boys, smiling at them and even teasing a few, Robin especially, as he continued on, capturing their attention before getting to the end.

"See, it's not that hard," he said, pushing his hair back out of his face. "What do you think? It will be better with music of course, but the dances can stand on their own."

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ex_little_st99
2008-09-08 05:02 pm UTC (link)

"Flair like what?" Nell asked quizzically, trying to copy the way Evander stood although unconsciously. "With what you wear? Or props or just deviating from the routine?" The idea of doing that worried him a little, what with him not knowing anything about dancing but he'd not known anything about acting at one point and now he knew how to improvise that so it wasn't as if he couldn't learn.

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	lostlittleboy 2008-09-08 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	Evander grinned and nodded. "With all of it. What you wear gives the audience a visual other than the dance. And props just add to the effect. Once you know the dance, you can change it, add to it and make it what you want to convey," he said walked back and forth a bit. "It's like acting, just not with your words, but with the music, with your body." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-09-08 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Right," Nell said, nodding. "Right." He paused, unable to think of anything else to stall it. Sooner or later he would have to begin, and fail, to dance. "Shall we get started then?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lostlittleboy
2008-09-08 05:31 pm UTC (link)

Evander nodded and walked closer to them and stood in front of Nell. "Think of it as learning your lines. After you practice a while, you have it memorised right? That's how the dancing can be." He looked to the others, smiling at Robin and Piper. "I will do a little and then you can copy me, and we keep adding, and pretty soon, you'll have it all. Are there any questions?"

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	ex_little_st99 2008-09-09 03:31 am UTC (link)
	Nell glanced at the other two, hoping there would be no more questions snd they could simply begin. "No, I don't think I have any more." He said firmly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostlittleboy 2008-09-09 09:10 am UTC (link)
	Evander nodded. "We can start then, and if you have questions, any of you, just ask." He moved back in front of them and smiled. "Okay we'll start at the beginning. I'll do a few moves and then you copy me. Don't worry about getting it right at first, just get a feel for how the movements feel, how the body moves. Right okay..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-09-09 01:04 pm UTC (link)
	Nell watched Evander carefully, trying to copy what he'd done although he felt graceless, certain that where-as Evander looked as if he was born to dance this way, he looked as if he should retire from the vocation as soon as possible. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostlittleboy 2008-09-09 01:17 pm UTC (link)
	Smiling at the others, he walked between then and made little adjustments to what they were doing, moving a hand or arm up, having them move their feet just a little more one way or the other. "I promise it will get easier," he said to them all. "We can take all the time we need too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-09-10 03:30 am UTC (link)
	Nodding, Nell privately had his own ideas of how well he was doing, but he couldn't hide how much he was enjoying it. He wished they could put some of Evander's music-box music on again. Dancing without music always looked strange. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostlittleboy 2008-09-10 10:56 am UTC (link)
	Evander grinned and moved over to the music box and wound it up all the way again. "Here let's see if this helps. Don't worry about the whole dance for the music; keep doing these few steps but let the music fill you, guide you to what you're doing." He set it back down and let it start to play once again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-09-10 11:04 am UTC (link)
	With the music the dance seemed to come alive, be something more fluid and alive and Nell didn't feel quite so embarrassed or unsure. Although they were only a few steps he was sure they looked quite impressive and he felt himself much the same. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostlittleboy 2008-09-10 11:48 am UTC (link)
	Evander laughed and moved around with them. "Yes that's it!" It wasn't perfect and they had more to learn but it was a good start. The music definitely helped. Evander led them, adding simple arm and hand movements and they moved around, just repeating the first part through the course of the music box tune. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-09-10 11:51 am UTC (link)
	Nell stopped when the music finished, and he panted softly for the excursion of it all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostlittleboy 2008-09-10 12:04 pm UTC (link)
	Evander stopped and fell down on to his back and grinned wide as he breathed hard. He turned to the rest of them and smiled more. "Well done, all of you. I think this could be something really great. Why don't we stop for today. We don't want to completely wear ourselves out for the rest of the day, do we?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-09-10 12:07 pm UTC (link)
	"I think we could stop, yes." Nell agreed. Harry or Will was going to start wondering where they all where, and what the music was from. "Besides, work soon. And then we'll get to tire ourselves out over something else completely." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostlittleboy 2008-09-10 12:31 pm UTC (link)
	Evander sat up and nodded. "That's true. I don't think Harry would be too happy if we weren't in any shape to work either. And tiring ourselves out in that way can be fun too right?" He was still getting used to this kind of life, similar to what he'd know but in some ways so very very different too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-09-10 12:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Lots of fun." Nell agreed, rather surprised to hear Evander of all of them say that but pleased as well. At least he seemed to be settling in. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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