Be More Chill

Choreography Style / Approach

Influenced by contemporary street styles, stylized robotics, contemporary jazz and ballet, tutting, and character-driven transitions to reflect the show's hyper-digital world and internal anxiety. Video game–inspired movement with sharp isolations, digital glitch effects, and animated group work.

Choreographed Numbers

• More Than Survive
• The Squip Song
• Two-Player Game
• Upgrade
• Be More Chill (Part 1 & 2)
• A Guy That I’d Kinda Be Into
• Do You Wanna Ride?
• Halloween
• Smartphone Hour (Rich Set a Fire)
• The Pitiful Children
• Voices in My Head
• (and movement for transitions)
  

Challenges / Innovations / Notable Moments

• Movement style for when normal versus when squipped. The physicality helped the audience to better understand this part of the story.
• Many songs drew inspiration from a specific 90s video game. (e.g., Upgrade/Pacman, Finale/ Mario Brothers, Two Player Game/ Donkey Kong) 
• The video game final boss fight at the end was inspired by 90s video games. During that time, if a player was not being used, they swayed back and forth. We included that sway while actors waited for their “fight” in the fight scene.
  

• Stage combat, but comically done in the style of OG Mario Brothers!
• Glow in the dark gloves to enhance the tutting down in the Squip Song and Pitiful Children
• Added a stronger dance track for this production, with heavy dancing in BMC, Halloween, and Smartphone Hour (on top of the typical dance-heavy numbers). 
  
  

Video Highlights

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Photos by Sarah Stephens