Lesson of the Week: Simplify

I've been thinking a lot this week about numbers. Number of people in my cast, number of dances, number of people in each dance, number of outside commitments, number of weeks left... It is all overwhelming. Now I'm getting to a point where things are starting to be more clear. I've had a few dancers drop out or make the decision not to be a part of the project, which is really fine with me, but its forced me to think more about the people I'm working with and what I'm expecting from them and I what I want as a whole from my cast. I made a decision to cut my "Habits" cast down from 13 to 11. Many of the dancers weren't being utilized as much as they could be and I could cover all the parts with fewer people than I was using. Same with the "Lights" piece - I have about 7 minutes of the dance set and I've only used about 7-8 people, but I have 15 to choose from. I made some trims from here as well and I feel less stressed out about how to use all the dancers now.