Score #1: Described Movement

1. Turn to stage left, place left hand over heart, bring right fingers to lips in "shh" gesture.  4 cts.

2. Keeping left hand in place, move fingers away from lips as you step DSR diagonal and bring feet together so right toes are touching left heel. 4 cts

3. Release gestures. Take both arms behind back, circle the left arm from back to front: while keeping weight on the bent right leg. Bring left leg to  upstage R  diagonal. .

4. Join everyone in a big circle run for 16 counts.  Followed by a full drop to the floor on cue, except for Madison, Jiayun, Lucy and Naomi who exit.

(Rosie  goes  to center of room as circle forms, circle runs around her.  She cover her eyes.  Nathan enter with umbrella and briefcase. He is chasing the circle, the circle is chasing him.  Suitcase explodes open is the cue for the drop. Perhaps people sometimes "get ahead" in the circle, etc. disruptions. 

On DROP: Reconfigure -
Revise "puzzle" improvisation: directions are as follows:
Two Groups play puzzle:
A Group: Alia, Jill, Liana, Jerlyn, Gabby
B Group: Charlie, Maddy, Lucia, Sarah, Anna
RULE #1:  3/2 combos of facing upstage/facing downstage, you can add levels. Group A starts USR, Group B starts DSL.
RULE #2:  Anyone from A or B can migrate to A or B, but then each location must readjust so that there are only five in each location.
Not Playing Puzzle: Taylor, Ebony, Charlotte and Ivy do a tight unison of Ivy's #1 through the hands on floor jumps. This group then sits along upstage line, enter Madison, Jiayun, Lucy and Naomi who do Ivy's phrase for the "appreciation" of the seated group.  Nathan joins the seated group.

At end of repeat of Ivy's phrase: Ivy's second group sits.  Focus is on the puzzle.  Charlie has a line which causes the puzzle to find a perfect solution.  At stillness, Charlie does his solo from #1 through #6.  This forms a diagonal.  It is repeated with Charlie at center stage. Jill does Charlie's solo from her upstage location, Maddy does Charlie's solo from the downstage location.  While this is happening:
Alia, Liana, Jeralyn, Gabby are on the knee bent instruction (11.a.) As are Lucia, Sarah, Anna.

All knee bent people drop and roll offstage right.  Others walk across them to get to stage left. They pause.  Look at the rollers. Then exit.

(Rosie does the following two instructions while room is empty.  Then everyone returns to join Rosie in unison for 5-7)

5. Bring the right arm overhead, bend it at the elbow, and drape the arm overhead: while weight shifts to the right and the left leg comes into the right w/ (left leg is bent).

6. Bring both arms around to front, layer the right wrist over the left so that your hands are on the right knee which comes up so you are only standing on the left leg.

7. An impulse brings the right knee up higher which causes the wrists to uncross and the arms to open: while the right foot comes down to the floor, then kick the left leg behind (like a flick)

Everyone unison Rosie's 5-7.  Slow this down, hopefully this can fill 16 counts.  Lucious.

(All scatter to do "mushroom" in five unison patches:  The patches are as follows: Patch 1: Alia, Jiayun, Maddi, Lucia.  Patch 2: Rosie, Jerlyn, Madison, Sarah.  Patch 3: Ivy, Gabby, Liana, Charlotte.  Patch 4: Jill, Nathan, Taylor, Anna.  Patch 5: Naomi, Charlie, Ebony, Lucy. 



Mushrooms.  solid pause after Mushrooms.  wait until everyone has stopped moving, then all do their 7

7. An impulse brings the right knee up higher which causes the wrists to uncross and the arms to open: while the right foot comes down to the floor, then kick the left leg behind (like a flick)

A desperate search for something lost. (travel through the space, but remember your exact floor pattern)  Liana and other tappers exit during this.  Put tap shoes on. Stay off stage until "tap dance" cue.  DO ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD:  (Alia, Rosie, Ivy, Jill, Naomi, Jiayun) (Jerlyn, Gabby, Nathan, Charlie, Maddie, Madison, Liana) (Taylor, Ebony, Lucia, Sarah, Charlotte, Anna, Lucy)   First part of Jill/Lucia duet, then a piece of Lucy's solo.  Find a moment of unison in Lucy's solo.  Then all do #8, keeping strict to directions. 

8. Create a straight downward Right diagonal with the right arm as your energy is focused to moving towards that DSR diagonal, focus down on the hand.  Take four steps following this gesture with quick feet crossing over each other.  (See Sarah's movement, maybe make this 8 counts, columns going in and out of each other)

9. On a strong breath cue from Charlie to the step back, pause then swivel hips.  Break that pattern by stepping back with the left, swivel hips to left as you swing left arm to the left. Slap the right arm towards your right side, with weight on the bent left leg.  SLAP MUST BE IN UNISON
Swing your free right leg up and to your right side, and all the way to your back.
Crossover steps (see previous) repeat but traveling USL diagonal.  SAME CROSS OVER STEPS.

A mechanical monster.  (Select three unison mechanical monsters)  Everyone else exit. 

10. Interrupt "mechanical monster" (by entry of those who exited, except for Naomi, Ebony, Lucy, Jerlyn, Lucia who assemble on an upstage line and wave) by pulling the right arm up and to the side and slightly overhead, palm to ceiling, weight goes to ball of toes on right, knees bent. Duets: Alia, Taylor; Anna, Sarah; Charlotte, Rosie; Charlotte, Nathan; Ebony, Naomi; Gabby, Madison; Ivy, Maddy; Jill, Lucy; Jerlyn, Lucia; Jiayun, Liana.

A distressed message from a lost friend. Ten distressed/ ten consoling. Partners: As above. At end, tap dancers exit (Liana, Ivy, Rosie, ?)

(This is done in a circle formation facing each other)
11. Shift weight onto the right, bring loose bent left leg free and up to side.  Put it down in front with a light dab. Pick left leg up and swivel in hip so left leg is behind you, does a little tap. Bend left knee.
11.a. Kneel so that you are on your left knee, right foot on floor, knees bent.  Hands are at rest on knees, right over left.
11.b. Look left, look back front; while you hands lift, palms down, move from elbow to open out then return to knees.

Tap dance. takes place inside that circle. 

12. Stand and bring arms down front, palms toward audience.

A small paper bag, contents unknown. 

13. Bend knees at elbows, elbows are at waist, palms to floor, bend into left leg (weight on left) release right leg straight and directly behind you.

Forgotten umbrella.  Do in pods at four corners. 5 in each pod. 

14. Bring right leg back down to join left. Arms down to sides.

15. Bring feet together and be done.  Take a breath.

16. Bow when you are done.  Then sit and wait for the rest to be done. Always sit at the feet of a done dancer, and applaud them.   Extend this out for the final dancer.