BYU "Defying Gravity" Clip

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BYU "Defying Gravity" Clip#1
Posted: 1/13/08 at 11:09am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oE1c6PrnUk

Pretty neat. Staging is innovative. Singing is stellar.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#2
Posted: 1/13/08 at 11:16am
That was great. I have a few friends that went to BYU for their performing arts program and they are all so talented. Thanks
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#2
Posted: 1/13/08 at 11:17am
She had that Shoshana thing going on.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#3
Posted: 1/13/08 at 12:19pm
DAMN! That was good!

BRAVO to all involved - especially the actress playing Elphaba!

WELL DONE!
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#4
Posted: 1/13/08 at 12:23pm
VERY impressive...helps remind me of why I still love that song after all these years! re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip

That cannot be from an actual full-length production, can it? I didn't think the rights to the show were available yet.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#5
Posted: 1/13/08 at 12:49pm
I thought it was illegal to even stage a number with the costumes...

and innovative staging...? What?
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#6
Posted: 1/13/08 at 1:58pm
i got chills
oh my


that was awesome
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#7
Posted: 1/13/08 at 2:52pm
Dittos, I got major chills at the end. Loved that!
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#8
Posted: 1/13/08 at 3:04pm
That was a wonderful clip, thanks for sharing.

The staging was great, loved how the witch's shadow looked.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#9
Posted: 1/13/08 at 3:05pm
her "Downs" were really spectacular. Beautiful Belt
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#10
Posted: 1/13/08 at 3:06pm
That cannot be from an actual full-length production, can it? I didn't think the rights to the show were available yet.

It's not. It's the BYU Young Ambassadors.

http://pam.byu.edu/similarpage.asp?title=Young%20Ambassadors
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#11
Posted: 1/13/08 at 3:07pm
Ick. I've heard it all before. Terrible riffing.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#12
Posted: 1/13/08 at 3:48pm
yeah, she was good with the glinda, and kinda was mediocre during her ending bit until the Bring Me Downs, which were good! but like ljay889 said, we heard this all before. elphaba does have a nice quality to her voice though!
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#14
Posted: 1/13/08 at 4:02pm
I don't know but that looked kind of sketch.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#15
Posted: 1/13/08 at 6:23pm
Sketch? How?

Clearly it's not from a staged production of the show, given the fact that both characters are wearing the wrong costumes.

For what it was, it was a great performance. At least they got Elphaba off the ground, they didn't just have her stand on a box or have her run downstage...
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#16
Posted: 1/13/08 at 6:30pm
I thought it was good. Like someone else said, they atleast got her off the ground.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#17
Posted: 1/13/08 at 6:34pm
Wow! She is on an actual cherry picker!
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#18
Posted: 1/13/08 at 6:41pm
Brava! That lady should audition.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#19
Posted: 1/13/08 at 8:01pm
Thanks for posting! That was wonderful!
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#20
Posted: 1/13/08 at 8:09pm
Wow, that was really much much more impressive than I expected, and the riffing at the end was quite good. Those girls have great potential.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#21
Posted: 1/13/08 at 8:55pm
Did You Tube switch videos or something? It seemed like a high school swing choir after a case of beer. What was that "flying"? Do they not teach lighting design? If so, the lighting person only took the class for On and Off.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#22
Posted: 1/13/08 at 9:32pm
that was good. They got her off the ground, the singing was pretty good (some off parts but its a hard song to sing, But I dont like her end riff, it sounds nice...but sometimes the riffing gets old...at least its an original riff :)
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#23
Posted: 1/13/08 at 10:01pm
wow, I really enjoyed that! Thanks for sharing.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#24
Posted: 1/14/08 at 12:10am
At least she knows how to breath like a singer.. unlike a certain gaspy flat Tony-winner for that role.
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re: BYU 'Defying Gravity' Clip#25
Posted: 1/14/08 at 12:22am
I love how they didn't even bother to hide the cherry picker with extra fabric :p
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