you were fantastic. i really feel like you fully embodied emotionally how I imagine this character is. i also liked the updates to the lyrics. i'm like..i, too, as millennial, have not seen "the red shoes" either 😂
What happened to the line "I never heard of the fucking Red Shoes"? Well, I never heard of fucking Center Stage or whatever she said. The original line was funnier because The Red Shoes is a movie classic which hooked a lot of people on ballet.
I love that line, too! When we did it at my college, our director decided to set it in 2018 and we modernized some of the references throughout the show. Center Stage was a cult classic dance film that my generation grew up on so they chose that to replace it with.
Thank you! This is the original key, or at least what was in our score for the show (I believe it was technically the revival version so not sure if it’s different). xx
So, the day after I turned 18, I kissed the folks goodbye, got on a Trailways bus - and headed for the big bad apple. Cause I wanted to be a Rockette. Oh, yeah, let's get one thing straight. See, I never heard about "The Red Shoes," I never saw "The Red Shoes," I didn't give a fuck about "The Red Shoes." I decided to be a Rockette because this girl in my home town - Louella Heiner - had actually gotten out and made it in New York. And she was a Rockette. Well, she came home one Christmas to visit, and they gave her a parade. A goddamn parade! I twirled a friggin' baton for two hours in the rain. Unfortunately though, she got knocked up over Christmas. Merry Christmas - and never made it back to Radio City. That was my plan. New York, New York. Except I had one minor problem. See, I was ugly as sin. I was ugly, skinny, homely, unattractive and flat as a pancake. Get the picture? Anyway, I got off this bus in my little white shoes, my little white tights, little white dress, my little ugly face, and my long blonde hair - which was natural then. I looked like a fucking nurse! I had 87 dollars in my pocket and seven years of tap and acrobatics. I could do a hundred and eighty degree split and come up tapping the Morse Code. Well, with that kind of talent I figured the Mayor would be waiting for me at Port Authority. Wrong! I had to wait 6 months for an audition. Well, finally the big day came. I showed up at the Music Hall with my red patent leather tap shoes. And I did my little tap routine. And this man said to me: Can you do fankicks? - Well, sure I could do terrific fankicks. But they weren't good enough. Of course, what he was trying to tell me was...it was the way I looked, not the fankicks. So I said: Fuck you, Radio City and the Rockettes! I'm gonna make on Broadway! Well, Broadway, same story. Every audition. I mean I'd dance rings around the other girls and find myself in the alley with the other rejects. But after a while I caught on. I mean I had eyes. I saw what they were hiring. I also swiped my dance card once after an audition. And on a scale of 10....they gave me for dance 10. For looks: 3
i think that's a little to be expected given that the montage was the previous number, and if you look at the recording of this performance's montage, they were very energetic with it
Refreshing phrasing without getting too 'gimmicky' with it...one of the best I've seen and I've seen a great many renditions of 10/3 :-)
you were fantastic. i really feel like you fully embodied emotionally how I imagine this character is. i also liked the updates to the lyrics. i'm like..i, too, as millennial, have not seen "the red shoes" either 😂
*chef's kiss*
Woooow AMAZING PERFORMANCE, Nice voice and very fluid motion
I wish I was in this show!
you were amazing!!
Awesome Performance!!!
What happened to the line "I never heard of the fucking Red Shoes"? Well, I never heard of fucking Center Stage or whatever she said. The original line was funnier because The Red Shoes is a movie classic which hooked a lot of people on ballet.
I love that line, too! When we did it at my college, our director decided to set it in 2018 and we modernized some of the references throughout the show. Center Stage was a cult classic dance film that my generation grew up on so they chose that to replace it with.
Your version is my favorite!!@@tracysokat8825
really well acted. v impressive and love how its been updated.
Love how you did this!!!! Is this the original key, or is it slightly lower? I've been trying to figure out the right key for myself. thanks!
Thank you! This is the original key, or at least what was in our score for the show (I believe it was technically the revival version so not sure if it’s different). xx
So, the day after I turned 18, I kissed the folks goodbye, got on a Trailways bus - and headed for the big bad apple. Cause I wanted to be a Rockette.
Oh, yeah, let's get one thing straight. See, I never heard about "The Red Shoes," I never saw "The Red Shoes," I didn't give a fuck about "The Red Shoes." I decided to be a Rockette because this girl in my home town - Louella Heiner - had actually gotten out and made it in New York. And she was a Rockette. Well, she came home one Christmas to visit, and they gave her a parade. A goddamn parade! I twirled a friggin' baton for two hours in the rain. Unfortunately though, she got knocked up over Christmas. Merry Christmas - and never made it back to Radio City.
That was my plan. New York, New York. Except I had one minor problem. See, I was ugly as sin. I was ugly, skinny, homely, unattractive and flat as a pancake. Get the picture? Anyway, I got off this bus in my little white shoes, my little white tights, little white dress, my little ugly face, and my long blonde hair - which was natural then. I looked like a fucking nurse! I had 87 dollars in my pocket and seven years of tap and acrobatics. I could do a hundred and eighty degree split and come up tapping the Morse Code. Well, with that kind of talent I figured the Mayor would be waiting for me at Port Authority. Wrong! I had to wait 6 months for an audition. Well, finally the big day came. I showed up at the Music Hall with my red patent leather tap shoes. And I did my little tap routine. And this man said to me: Can you do fankicks? - Well, sure I could do terrific fankicks. But they weren't good enough. Of course, what he was trying to tell me was...it was the way I looked, not the fankicks. So I said: Fuck you, Radio City and the Rockettes! I'm gonna make on Broadway!
Well, Broadway, same story. Every audition. I mean I'd dance rings around the other girls and find myself in the alley with the other rejects. But after a while I caught on. I mean I had eyes. I saw what they were hiring. I also swiped my dance card once after an audition. And on a scale of 10....they gave me for dance 10. For looks: 3
A lil winded sounds like,,,,
i think that's a little to be expected given that the montage was the previous number, and if you look at the recording of this performance's montage, they were very energetic with it
Haha yes this is the first thing coming out of essentially a 15 minute long ensemble dance number, we were all winded and exhausted by then.