2010 PERFORMANCE UPDATE
“ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME”
Monday June 28, 2010
6:30pm
Rhode Island College, Roberts Auditorium
600 Mt Pleasant Ave. Providence, RI
D R E S S R E H E A R S A L: Monday 6/28/10 @ 9:30am
A mandatory Dress Rehearsal for our performance will be held the morning of the show, Monday
June 28, 2010 at Rhode Island College. Call time for each class is attached. Students may leave after their last dance is
rehearsed and be back for 5:30pm. Please do not drop your student off, one parent or guardian must be present with each child.
Exceptions are for Theatre company, Teen company and Senior company students. These students should plan to stay at RIC all
day, pack lots of water and healthy snacks with protein! You will have a long day.
Please make sure you have
the proper color tights, shoes and accessories needed for the costume. All costume information is available in the costume
book in our reception area and also on our web site at www.talentfactoryri.com. Students must arrive in their 1st costume. Hair and make-up is not necessary for rehearsal.
All performers and staff are to attend the dress rehearsal at RIC. The dates of our rehearsal and performance have
been given with months in advance so we ask that you do not plan any other event on these dates. Your performers, staff and
production crew work very hard all season to bring you this fantastic show.
When performers miss the dress rehearsal or the
performance, this causes an adverse affect on other performers, staff and crew. Choreography is the art of creating dances
and one of the criteria is based on the number of students in class. Often, partnering is created and lines and rows
depend on every student’s participation. When a student is absent, it jeopardizes the entire number that has been choreographed
specifically for your child's class. It is imperative that your students participate when the commitment has already been
made. Please do not take this production lightly, it is necessary once the commitment has been made, that you follow through.
Photos and video may be taken at rehearsal, but not at the performance.
Flash photography and video are not allowed at our performance.
For newcomers, you will be
most pleasantly surprised and will come away amazed at what you have seen. Our shows have a story-line with dancers, singers
and actors. The lighting and curtain cues all take place the day of rehearsal. Each dance has a specific lighting cue, based
on the choreographer's wishes and based on the color of the costumes. The actors and singers must do sound checks, the
teachers have to all make sure their students know where they need to be on the stage. Blocking is imperative since the
stage is not the same size as the studio. Some dances may have to run more than once. As you can see, attending dress rehearsal
is indeed a necessary part of our production. The dress rehearsal can be long, upwards to four hours. Please bring snacks
and drinks, but do not bring anything into the audience. (Performers may leave once their numbers are done.) When the
show begins, you will sit back with joy and be amazed as you watch your performers shine on stage.
P E R F O R M
A N C E: Monday 6/28/10 @ 6:30pm
All performers must be backstage by 5:30pm. No students
are to leave the dressing room. Parents that would like to pick up their children before the end of the show must have permission
from Dana. You will be put on an early-dismissal list and must go backstage to pick up their child. No students will
be allowed to leave the dressing room without a parent. All students will bow at the end of the show. Please check the
bow schedule to see what costume you will be bowing in. There will be an optional warm-up at 5:45pm on the stage. No one will
be able to enter the auditorium until the doors open at 6:00pm. Our show will start promptly at 6:30pm. Please note, the Talent
Factory has over 150 students and offers 40+ classes a week. The annual recital is to showcase each student’s talent
in each of their classes. Our show may run up to 3 hours. NO FOOD or DRINK in the auditorium and remember to turn off all
cell phones during the performance. There is absolutely no video or flash photography the night of the performance. This
will be strictly enforced.
Please note: There will be no intermission at our show. The run time of the show is approximately
2 hours and 45 minutes.
P I C T U R E S: date TBA
Professional photographs of your dancer in costume are available
at the Talent Factory in June. A picture day schedule is attached. Group shots and individual shots will be taken.
B A C K S T A G E M O M S:
These very important helpers will supervise
a group of dancers in the dressing room and assist the dancers in moving to and from the stage during the performance. Backstage
moms must be present during the last week of class to see how the students are placed for their number. Backstage moms
must also be with their class at dress rehearsal and the performance. A sign-up sheet is available in the reception area for
Backstage Moms.
