‘Drag Race’ Choreographer Says ‘Wigloose’ Musical Came Together in Mere Days: ‘You Have Zero to Little Time’
22.06.2023 - 20:33
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which you can watch in full above, came together in a very short amount of time.What are the first steps in choreographing the rusical number?I receive musical tracks and a script. That’s it. Everything else that you see on that stage is 100% what I do and what I bring: where the queens enter, the formations, how they should express something, how should they say something.
So it’s a lot more than just dance steps. It’s creating a show.When given the script, I thought it was really funny. I was really excited to put it on, but you have zero to little time.
I would say I got everything two days before I started working with the queens. So I just did a bunch of choreo cram sessions and tried to figure out how can I bring these songs to life.For this musical, all I kept hearing was [the chorus] “Wigloose!” So I was like, “I gotta think of something that exaggerates that line.” So then I did this move [throws both hands up next to his head]. I’ve learned through the seasons that drag queens have big hair.
I used to do choreography around the face. And then they’d be like, “No, I can’t do that. I literally can’t do that my wig is this big.” So it’s just finding things like that.
And then I just I go from there. I like to be really systematic about it. So I start from the beginning and then I just finish it, because that helps with transitions and segues.
And it makes my life easier to stay on task and go from the beginning of the script all the way till the end.You’re working with queens with different levels of ability when it comes to dancing. How do you accommodate that?Obviously, I’m not working with professional dancers, aside from the pros that I bring to dance alongside them. What you’re seeing on television is
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