WWRY - Radio Gaga

The first song we started to learn for WWRY was Radio Gaga. We were divided up into 4 groups, and each given a verse to choreograph, with which there was one main leader in our group which was Grace. It was helpful and useful to split the group to choreograph different sections becuase:
* You get more of an opportunity to share your ideas
* It's not hectic with the whole class trying to choreograph it all at once, so it's easier
* Each section is slightly different and more original as it includes different people's interpretations of the song
* I found it easier to learn in sections in this way, as we would choreograph a bit, then teach the class, so it was quicker to pick up on
* Also it was helpful for peer mentoring, as our skills develop by having to teach the rest of the class our section and also learning to listen to others.

  In our groups we had to come up with some robotic, static type movements for our section, as the song 'Radio Gaga' in the musical of WWRY shows the robotic like qualities of the Gaga Kids and how they all do the same thing, as they are being controlled like robots by Killer Queen. To help us with the task we watched youtube clips of 'Radio Gaga' in the West End production of WWRY and also some school productions of the show. The movements in the school production we watched were simpler than those in the Stage show, however they it was still of better standard than I was expecting as they were all in pretty much perfect timing with each other, so I think that is the main thing you need for this number. We also watched the other groups to get ideas on how they were reproducing it. For our section we used some movements from the shows we had watched, but we mainly just used the ideas to develop our own movements, either simpler or more extravagant.
  For our section, the third verse of the song, we tried to include arm and leg movements, both separately and together, to add variety. I feel like we used quite a lot of different moves and body parts as well like the head and twisting our bodies. Some groups also used movements that went with the words, for example may raise their arms when the lyrics are 'flying'. However most of the movements went to the beat, which ours was mainly based on. I think that the movements are a bit sketchy at the end of our section, as we didn't sort the timings out properly, or we forgot the moves we origianlly included and the timings of those moves. So we needed to go over the end bit to improve this.

After a few weeks of rehearsing we all learnt each other's sections and the chorus, which was just the same simple movements and claps as in the orignal stage show, with some precision. However we didn't have an ending to the dance, so Sam taught us the last section. We have now rehearsed this altogether with the year 12's, and the staging all up, so we have our set positions now. There is also a travelling bit in the dance which makes the dance look and flow better, and so that by the end of the song it will be a bigger ending as all of the staging will be in use. All we need to do is learn the lyrics so that we can sing and do the dance with precision and good timing at the same time!