In the middle of our Amsterdam travels, Cirque du Soleil contacted Naomi and asked her to submit a video audition for a new show in LA. It included a singing, acting, and dancing section, with very specific requests. They wanted to see dancing "like Cyd Charisse, from movies like Singing in the Rain." So both of us decided to learn a Cyd Charisse/Fred Astaire dance from the movie "the Band Wagon."
Naomi learned the choreography from YouTube, and taught it to Andrew, who has less dance experience, but kept up marvelously. We spent several sweltering mornings in a borrowed dance studio with many windows, none of which opened, and no fans or air conditioning.
In the end, it turns out that Cirque du Soleil cast the role weeks before the deadline of July 15th that they gave Naomi, so the audition unfortunately did not happen. But we now have many videos of us trying to dance like Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire in a dance studio in Rieti, Italy!
*note: please watch the original video after you watch this. not before. it will blow your mind.
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