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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 2008-09-10 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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