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| MeM Team: Nathan, Naomi, Anna, Darrin, Alysia &; Sarah |
The general public auditions for Ben Hur took place on Saturday the 28th of August and Moves en Masse played a key role in its success. After Jane spent hours perfecting the plan, incorporating several rewrites to the original schedule, the team was amassed and the day ran like clockwork. Anna managed the entire day on-site with military precision. As a result we had close to 400 auditionees who had fun right from the start with a Zumba warm-up led by our own Sarah Kennedy, followed by charging and marching up ANZ Stadium’s field of play in the spectacular sunshine.
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| Anna & Nathan raring to go! |
The day was organised with five groups of auditionees that were managed by the Moves team, Anna, Naomi Young, Darrin Peters, Alysia Hodges, Sarah Kennedy and our incomparable emcee Nathan Wright. The whole team arrived at 7am for a briefing and later met with all the crew from McGregor Casting and AG Productions before we opened the gates to all the eager hopefuls. Within each of the five groups we had journalists planted to document the entire day for both print and broadcast media. Cameras followed the progress of the day, and chose a number of auditionees to interview about their experience. Initially everyone made their way onto the field of play, with the most dramatic maneouvre a full charge of all participants across the width of the field right up the full length of ANZ Stadium, the sound was deafening and their enthusiasm palpable.
The work of the Moves en Masse team was elegantly efficient, in fact with the fantastic production and casting teams the day was a joy for all! Moves was delighted to receive some fabulous feedback on the day from Andrew Guild, one of the producers of Ben Hur from AG Productions,
‘The day was absolutely perfect! The logistics that you designed and put together worked perfectly. A huge thank you Jane to you, Anna, Nathan and all the boys and girls of your enthusiastic, competent and positive team. From the moment you came into the project until the moment your team signed off yesterday afternoon, all of us at AGP and ANZ were given such a strong feeling that our important project was in good hands. The auditionees, all the other management groups and the press were mightily impressed.”
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| Auditionees charge down the field of play! |
 with Sarah |
Two of the Moves team were invited to join the production as assistant choreographers, which was testament to their flawless work on the day. For Jane, the next move is Glasgow for the Delhi Commonwealth Games Handover Ceremony, then October sees Anna and Jane joining the Oman National Day team coordinating tens of thousands of small Omani children singing and dancing their appreciation to the Sultan…where else would you be?
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