The Vampire Brides

It was important to us to work on the scene 9 of act 1, since we had decided it to do some lifts in the scen, and Siou's help was essential. We had Andy direct us with the lifts as well, but Siou could give some innovative ideas to make them stand out. Jonathan's lift was quite straight forward, we wanted him to be upright and since we had 4/4 of our guys in our class already on stage, we could have all of them lift me. To have my hands free and my upper body unrestricted, we planned to have the boys to lift me from my legs and thighs. This was pretty simple from the beginning, only thing we really still have to do is run the lifts over and over to make it smoother and steadier for the guys to carry me across the stage.
   The girls had more variation in their lift. They started by lifting Izzy on a King's chair, lift where the other girls create a sort of a chair for Izzy to sit on. This turned out to be too complicated. but also having Izzy hidden between the other girls. Then, Siou suggested that we would have Izzy been lifted as she was laying down. This could free her leg and arms to do what she likes, maybe creating some kind of a sexual scene, as if she was calling Jonathan to bed. I am not entirely sure what didn't work out, since I was working on my lifts, but I guess the lift itself was difficult to carry out and so the girls changed it to a similar lift as mine with the guys. I guess this was for the better, since now me and Izzy can make proper eye contact whilst in the air and I can give the key to her easier.

Siou also helped the girls to make their vampire brides more tempting and lustful, by telling them to be more cat-like. The girls would start from their positions on stage left and they would have to pick three places on the stage to walk into while doing their lines. Then, the fourth point would be around Jonathan where they would start circling him as he says the line "Who- are- you?". "Who"s the brides will be saying should be almost whispered, some of them mocking and sharp and some just gentle blows. Throughout, Siou told us that the walk should be sexual and seductive.