#i will never not love watching deborah kerr swan around in those skirts

[sanstropfremir]

all the points u made were the exact reasons prowdmon got a low score 😭. re: the vocalization aspect, the crews and mcs were confused and thought it was random. some sharing, did the guy even dance? however, monika explained that dancing isn’t simply just moving. but it’s an expression. it’s an art form used to move the audience’s emotions. so they wanted to make use of the mc’s acting abilities (his job is an actor) and had him do that.

also, the crews and mcs felt like he wasn’t incorporated into the routine well where he was mostly in the background as opposed to being the main attention of the crew. which i was hm?? like the points u made, i thought he was the best one that was incorporated (along w hook). esp in the beginning with the other members, it felt so natural and smooth.

SCREAM i can't believe this it's too funny but also so disappointing lmao

ngl i'm not surprised those were the criticisms, prowdmon definitely focus more on pushing the artistic boundaries of what they're doing rather than being content with just doing a well-danced routine. monika is absolutely right and smart to have utilized that mc's actual skills as an actor (which i had kind of suspected that was his day job), and she's also right to say that dance is an expression of emotion because it is. the old old adage in musical theatre is that when the emotion of character becomes too much for speaking that's when you sing, and when the emotion for singing becomes too much - that's when you dance. that's why in old hollywood and midcentury musicals there are dance breaks that are these big bombastic and separate numbers from the songs. hell, the dream ballet from singing in the rain is a perfect example of this, which just popped out of my queue in possibly the most well timed coincidence ever. or even why the 'dream ballet' is a function in musical theatre at all (it's characteristic of agnes de mille's choreography; i think it originated in oklahoma, but it also appears in brigadoon). or something like shall we dance from the king and i, where the dance is both as a structural function of the story and plot point. dance + movement are the strongest methods of expressing emotion because the emotion has to be strong in order for you to get to the point where it ceases to be enough to be expressed verbally or with facial expressions. monika's recognition of that but also the verbalization and defense of that logic is proof that she's a consummate artist and it's also extremely sexy of her.