Come December season…. The dancers go mad… trying to get the musicians for rehearsals… I
am sure all my dancer friends agree with me on this issue
Getting shows in the season is one thing… but how do we
organise practice with the musicians…
The evenings are always busy for the musicians with
programmes.. so what is left is the morning sessions… but since the
accompanying artists are few compared to the dancers, there is always a demand
for good musicians..and the musicians take full advantage of the situation…
I decide to do something new and call the musicians to come
a month or two in advance, the answer is’ it is too early to have a rehearsal
now. We will come closer to the time of the show”
Closer to the show, they are busy….. Either it is the
rehearsals or programmes….”oh new numbers.. why do u choose to do it in
season.. we really don’t have the time’ and if the same old numbers” why do we
need rehearsals for something which we have already done ’ ….. so it is a no
win situation for the dancers…
The rehearsal timing is another issue… there are 3 musicians
and we have 3 different time given by them… impossible to coordinate…. One
musician says he will come at 5 in the morning and the other is busy with house
work so can come only after 10 …. Yet another only early afternoon.. dear god
.. how are we to coordinate… if we request one of them to adjust to the other
one.. it becomes an ego issue … why
should I adjust .. why cant the other one do it… and the drama goes on…. we end up making 20 phone calls and still
unable to solve the issue, end up having 3 rehearsals for each one of the
musicians separately suiting their convenience….. how come musicians always
have the upper hand were dancers are concerned?
Do they think they are doing us a favour ??? Shobana Bhalchandra
www.tharanginee.com
+91 94440 37197
don't I know about this!!& in Mumbai, after endless cajoling & coaxing, pandering to the egos when you finally arrive at a time convenient to the 3 but not at all convenient to the school-going dancer and me(it is her arangetram, isn't it? tell her to bunk school! Your stock market can survive a morning without your active participation) you wait for an eternity as one is stuck in traffic, another's wife has to be taken to the doc and the third is somewhere on the way! Enough to drive the teacher up the pole! Tempts me to do all programmes on recorded music.. you can at least practise any number of times at a time convenient to the teacher and the taught!
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