Here is a picture of how we staged the number:
Grace, Cherkanah and I are at the front as we are the main singers of this song. Being in three lines makes choreographic devices such as canon look really effective. However it would be boring for everyone to stay in these places for the whole song, especially as its such a happy energetic song, so we swapped places half way through. There is a part in the song where the music changes and individual people pretend to be Bustopher. This is supposed to be a funny part of the song so we thought it would be better for everyone to move to the sides apart from the person who is singing, who got up on the catwalk. At first this was hard to make funny as it involved the people on the catwalk improvising and the people around the sides to point and laugh and interact with each other.
We decided we wanted to have hats in this dance because Bustopher wears a hat so it would reinstate the idea that we are making fun of him. We also repeated motifs such as twiddling moustaches and putting our arms out as if we had big bellies to create even more of a mocking atmosphere.
The climax of the song is when everyone sings "Bustopher Jones wears white!" so we wanted to make this moment stand out from the rest of the song. We decided that everyone should move in closer together and shoot their arms out in different directions. Not only is this different to the rest of the number but it also makes a very interesting shape. I think it is important to include different shapes and levels because for most of the dance we are in three lines so this would make it more dynamic.
Here is a rehearsal video
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