'Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies' finds new ways to connect its dance numbers to the wildly popular John Travolta-Olivia Newton-John film.
Tranter, who’s written hits for the likes of Justin Bieber and Imagine Dragons, is executive music producer of ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies,’ premiering Thursday.The Envelope spoke, via a lively group Zoom, with series choreographer Jamal Sims and associate choreographers Louise Hradsky and Jeffrey Mortensen . The three discussed crafting and reimagining the show’s 1950s-set dance sequences for an all-new generation.
Jamal Sims sits on the floor flanked by associate choreographers Jeffrey Mortensen and Louise Hradsky with cast members behind them.The thing that is super important to me is, at the end of the musical sequence, what am I supposed to feel? What is the audience supposed to feel? And, like Jamal said, to make sure that the story is prismed through the “Grease” energy lens.
Now when I heard we had to do “The Hand Jive,” I was like, “Oh, my God, you can’t touch [that].” But when we got the song, I understood this is the origin story. So we don’t have to compare it to the original, we just have to show how it was created. And that was the fun part. Louise, any idea how the series’ seventh episode, on which you and Jeff served as lead choreographers, spawned all three of your Emmy-nominated numbers?We were excited because when Episode 7 fell in our laps, it was really peeling back the layers of our “tough guy” characters. We had the opportunity through these songs and numbers to show their vulnerability.
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