"Making the Cut"- There are two ways to make it!!

Last night I was thinking about the peeps that got cut from this year’s show. We have mutual friends and I always hear about them etc. When we casted them into the show I was sooooo happy for them and for us. We had amazing talent and unfortunately they ended up in between the scissors.

When casting, LEGACY requires that its dancers have rhythm, energy and are able to pick up new choreography fairly quickly. If you have those features, you are likely going to be cast.  That is one way to “make the cut”. We also want to see commitment but that usually comes with time which brings be to my second point.

The second way to “make the cut” is by having the following features: Slacking off, thinking you are too good to show up to rehearsals and scheduling last minute shows, photo shoots or auditions outside of LEGACY on rehearsal nights and coming in extremely late with no notice.

It’s funny to me that usually the dancers that end up getting cut are the more skilled dancers and the ones who seek dance as a career. I always tell them that before they can showcase their talent, they have to be committed to their work. Then come the “buts, ifs, because” and that’s too unfortunate.

We originally cast 13 dancers. LEGACY now has 9. We give two warnings and one sayonara. I feel really bad when we (Gloria and I- Glo is the Producer) and I have to pull our violins and sing them the “Gooddbye” song. I know how much they want to be there for the shows but it’s too much monkeying around with folks. We have an entire production to put together in short time period and I have short patience for slackers.

I always say:

“I rather have average dancers with lots of commitment than amazing dancers with no commitment or good work ethic.”

In the end, the show must and will go on.