Dear Constant Reader,
Happy Friday! Your tip today comes courtesy of Betty Blaize, who, as we speak, is on the west coast with her Bharatanatyam (classical Indian dance) guru preparing for an amazing dance performance she’s going to present in Boston next month.
Betty’s choreography creation metric: one minute of music = one hour of choreographing
For every minute of music in your act, expect it will take you an hour to create the choreography for that minute. Similarly, if you are teaching someone else a choreography, plan on one hour of teaching time for every minute of music.
This is just a rule of thumb. You might be on fire and whip through your creation process. You might get stuck and things take much longer than expected. Once you add more people into the dance, you need to add more time for both creation and teaching.
When you’re figuring on how long it’s going to take you to go from zero to performance, this is a great metric to keep in mind.
Oh, The Glamourous Life! 
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