Recently, I went to see a middle schools’ production of a musical. It was one of the Broadway JR series shows – where they do an edited version of a Broadway show and sing along to pre-recorded tracks. I used to teach for a program helping to implement these shows so I am pretty familiar with what the deal is. They’ve become very popular and the program has succeeded in getting a lot more kids into musicals. That’s pretty cool.
When I asked a kid in this production about the dances, she told me that the choreographer had just taught them dances from videos posted on YouTube from another school’s production. She noted that this “choreographer” got mad wherever anyone had any questions. I found myself troubled by this news. In the program, this person is listed as choreographer, despite, it sounds like, having stolen the choreography from another school. What a terrible example to set for the students.
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This is Episode 441
Song: Dance With Me
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