User blog:Dizzycomputer/White Cat Solo

I think Victoria's solo should be separated from the Invitation and have its own page. Below is what I've come up with for the page.

I think it'll be useful to split the solo into its various parts, and maybe write a short description for each. But I'm not sure what to label each segment. We can name them after the techniques being performed in each section, but I'm not familiar with dance terminology. Anyone has ideas?

The "White Cat Solo" is a ballet solo performed by Victoria, symbolising the character's coming of age. The number is a slow, lyrical dance that requires extensive flexibility, balance and classical technique.

Context
After "The Naming of Cats", the other cats disperse into the shadows, leaving Victoria the White Cat alone centre stage. She begins to dance a beautiful, measured, impossibly graceful solo. According to original Cats choreographer Gillian Lynne, the dance represents "a beautiful young cat becoming a young woman," with Victoria, "a little cat, in puberty, discovering her own body."

As one of the most iconic choreographic segments in the show, it has remained unchanged over the years. Even when Gillian Lynne's choreography was reworked by Andy Blankenbuehler for the 2016 Broadway revival, this segment was kept in its original form.

Sections

 * Victoria's Entrance

Gallery
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Trivia

 * The White Cat Solo was one of Gillian Lynne's favourite segments in the show to choreograph