I am helping with ballet props for my daughter's ballet school end of year show. The process is simple. About 4 to 5 weeks before the show, the choreographer and organiser of the props have a cup of coffee and outlines some concepts. Then the choreographers spend the the time up until the show coming up with the dance steps and transitions. Meanwhile the people making the props work away in a warehouse in another part of town. Two days before the show, the finished props are brought to the theater and final rehearsals start. In the 4-5 weeks between the initial meeting, the choreographers never see the props and the people making the props never see the dance. On the face of it the process sounds like a recipe for disaster, but, this is the way it has been for the last ten years and it works without fail. This year will be no different I am sure.
It seems to work because the choreographers are able to give the props makers a vision and the outcome they want. On their side the props makers have a very good idea of the space available to them and don't abuse this. It's amazing how well a process that run in parallel for so long can come together so cleanly.
I'll upload some photos but only once the concert is finished.
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