Misc. Alizée Questions!

[severianb]

Originally Posted by Corsaire

I am kind of wondering though... Are the choreographies that good or is it just that Alizée is mastering the art so well? You see what I mean? It seems Alizée can turn even the simplest casual run around stage or holding up the microphone to the crowd into a magical moment. What does it say about the quality of the choreographies?

The only proper test would be to see what the dances look like when performed by anybody else, and so far, I’m not that impressed

They were good moves, but my opinion is a lot of it was Alizée herself. I almost started a thread on this subject once, so indulge me.
Most people know that she is not a singer who learned to dance, but just the opposite. Now, I noticed when watching some pre-Mylene routines of hers, there were many moves that were incorporated or looked VERY similar to her live shows. I think the talented people she was working with realized the talent they had to work with, and made the best of it. And they were successful. Those dances are still legendary, but she is the one who made them that way.

Now the argument could be made that her post-Mylene dancing has been poor or more accurately, very limited. This is true, but I feel it's just happened that way because she wanted to concentrate on singing, and she wanted to reduce her "sexy" image. I'm pretty sure that if she wanted to, she could get herself back into dancing like the old days. She's still in shape, and that stuff comes back pretty quickly. (And now that I think of it, the red dress dance she did at Les Enfoires was quite beautiful and intricate.... )

Originally Posted by Rev

I get the sense that Alizée is a very quick study. You tell her or show her once and she gets it.

If you watch En Concert, you see points where the dancers adjust to her. These points are choreographed into their routines (shows the choreography was good). This being said, once Alizée had learned the choreography framework, I think Alizée probably decided during practices what worked for her and, being a quick study, simply ad-libbed within that framework.

Yeah, I think you are right. Professional dancers only need to see a routine once, and they can start practicing it. Since she had been dancing since the age of 5, Alizée was a pro dancer, for all practical purposes. I'm sure she made that choreographer's job pretty easy.