Choreography for Medea Project

A more polished version of my Medea project. The choreography style is loosely based on Pina Bausch's Cafe Muller. 

Measure	Elizabeth (Medea)	Melissa (Jason)	Moe (Princess)
1-14	Waltz w/ Mel	Waltz w/ Liz	Study reflection in mirror/brush hair.
15-19	Waltz w/ Mel	Notice Moe while waltzing.
20-24	Liz freezes. Smiling. Arms still in dancing position.	Mel Xs to Moe.
25-26	Liz turns towards where Mel has gone, still smiling.	Mel freezes. Watches Moe.
27-28	Arms drop. Face falls.
29-30	Freeze.
31	Arms down, awkward shuffle step (opening of Café Muller).		Turn around and face Mel.
32-33		Stare at Moe.
34		Bow to Moe.
35			Stand up.
36			Curtsy to Mel.
37		Waltz w/ Moe.	Waltz w/ Mel.
38	Freeze.
39-45	Implode.
46-55	Rock w/ arms out.
56	Abruptly claw ground. Head up. Sneer.
57-66	Slow rise into Wicked Witch pose.
67	Cross to toy chest. Pull out clothing in casket and poison.	Stop waltzing.	Stop waltzing.
68		Kneel to propose.
69			Nod. Smile. Put on ring.
70		Look at Moe.
71		Look at Liz.	Jumping feet shuffle to show off ring (Café Muller 1:10)
72	Apply poison.	Look at Moe.
73		Look at Liz.
74	Fold up cloth carefully and put back in casket.	Look at Moe.
75		Look at Liz.
76	Look around suspiciously.	X to Liz.
77-83	X to Mel (9:15 in Café Muller)
84		Push Liz back gently.
85	X to Mel (9:15 in Café Muller)		X to stool. Sit and admire ring.
86-91
92		Push Liz back gently.
93	Slap Mel.
94		Turn to leave.
95	Reach out to Mel.
96	Freeze.	Freeze.
97	Drop arm.	Turn to Liz.
98	Get casket.
99	Offer casket to Mel.
100		Shake head, reject.
101	Take a step closer, raise casket higher.
102		Shake head, reject.
103	Take a step closer, raise casket higher.
104		Accept casket.
105-107	Watch Mel leave.	X to Moe.
108	Metamorphosis into Wicked Witch pose.	Put casket on small table for Moe.
109		Exit.	Open casket.
110
111-112			Remove clothing from casket.
113-114			Put on clothing.
115-116			Smooth down clothing. Loop wristlets at the bottom of the outfit around your wrist.
117-129			Dance of Death (5:04 Café Muller)
130-133	Tenser.		Die (6:53 Café Muller?)
134	Relax.
135-137	Slowly pick up toys.
138	Close toy chest.
139-143	Convulse, pulling red scarf out of bosom.
144-149	Back & Forth Dance w/ the scarf.
150	Kill the children/cover the toy chest with the scarf.
153	Collapse, still holding onto the edge of the scarf.

**Each measure should go through your mind like a 3 count waltz, the tempo of which will be set during the initial waltz scenes.**

An initial attempt to work out what I wanted Medea to be doing to show how she felt about Jason leaving her. Fortunately, Liz is far more graceful and looks much less awkward when she performs it.