![]() ![]() To represent holding a hand of cards, students can make the number four, palm facing in. Generate movement and gesture ideas by having dancers improvise to the following words and phrases: folding, bluffing, casting chips, calling, winning, full house, placing a bet. Then the music starts and the action around the table begins. The players take the cards and stare at each other with perfect poker faces before placing their bets. Start the number in silence with one dancer dealing the cards to the others seated around the table. Dress your dancers in tuxedos, and give them fake cigars and martinis (use plastic martini glasses from party supply stores for olives, spray-paint marshmallows green, stick them on toothpicks and glue to the glasses). Use a haze machine to create a smoky atmosphere. Set the scene with a dark stage and a spotlight on a poker table with chips placed upstage center. Thinking of channeling the over-the-top glamour of Las Vegas for your next show? Here are ideas for six numbers that are sure to give you a full house! Kristin Lewis is a writer in New York City.
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