I have to help choreograph a dance to Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Isreal Kamakawiwo O'le? Help!?

Question

I am not very experienced... it's a long story why but I need to help these other girls come up with a dance to the song and have it completely done by Thursday, as in June 12th! Any help please?

Here's a link to the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2Jt4WOxN8

Answer 1

Wow, that's a really tough song to choreograph a group dance to...it would probably work best with some sort of either modern dance or maybe a hula-esque thing if you could pull it off (might look like you were making fun of Hawaiian culture if you did that though...).  

I would try and follow the melody rather than the sound of the background ukelele, because it's more varied and will probably be easier to build a dance around.  It's a very peaceful, happy song, so try lots of joyful, flowing, connected movements and keep the dancers' focus on each other, not the audience.  I've never thought that choreography that interprets the lyrics of a song literally is very interesting (like, if a dancer were to gesture skywards on the line "high above the chimneytops"), but your personal taste or the needs of the dance may vary.

Best of luck!  This is a tough one, and make sure to let us know what you decided on.

Answer 2

you can take some of my choreography from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K7ZgDCg6... or look at other videos its hard to tell you exactly what to do with out showing just have fun and think outside the box