The Broadway musical “Kimberly Akimbo” is set, in part, on ice: two scenes are at a local rink, and some of the actors skate onstage. To train, the director and choreographer held “skate camp” at the ice-skating rinks at Chelsea Piers.
Sports have a monopoly on team building through ritualized suffering, at least in the popular imagination. But is sports all that different from, say, the theatre? Coaches have a lot in common with directors. Lineups are like casts. There is choreography, chemistry, and gruelling practice. “There are so many similarities!” the actress Victoria Clark said recently.,” had gathered at the ice-skating rinks at Chelsea Piers for the start of their own training camp.
Mefford, in a tropical-print shirt, was serving as coach. He’d been taking private lessons, in preparation for the show, for three years. “I’ve gotten way better than I ever really needed to,” he said. “Stephanie”—Chelsea Piers’ skating director—“wants me to do the bronze certification so that I can do these low-level adult competitions. I don’t want to compete. But I kind of want to do the certification, just to know if I’d pass.
During the first run, Clark had been barred from the ice for fear of injury. Mefford said, “I’ve had to tell her a million times, ‘Vicki, you’re a little bit of a daredevil.’ ” Clark, wearing a tutu and a padded headband, stepped gingerly onto the ice, clutching Mefford’s hand. The first lesson was on how to wipe out. “Accept that you’re gonna fall, and just pick a side and do it!” Hernandez said. As everyone collapsed to the ice, Mefford gave pointers on getting back up. “Keep both feet on the ground,” he said. Then he slipped, both feet churning off the ice, before recovering and throwing his hands in the air. Everyone whooped.
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