Behind closed doors: what really happens in the rehearsal room
Line by line, step by step, how do performers prepare for a show? And how does it differ in the dance and theatre worlds? David Jays watches the warm-ups for King John, A Damsel in Distress and Rambert's Dark ArteriesA martinet director barking at chorines in 42nd Street. An imperious ballet impresario in The Red Shoes. Philip Seymour Hoffman, full of avant-garde angst in Synecdoche, New York … I have images of reh…