In extra rehearsals, we decided to devise our ending, since we wanted it to be simple, it shouldn't take too much time. That way tomorrow we would have the whole piece to show everyone, and we can get notes for our over all piece. This is important since the show is in a about a week, and we want our performance to be as good as possible.

”why else would we still be here?
we grew up learning to cheer on the underdog
because we see ourselves in them”

We start this part with all of us three in a row down stage. Because this part talks about cheering, we thought of doing a lift at this part, since especially in sports you see the winner to be lifted up for the standing ovations. I thought to have a big lift with me and Jenny raising Chloe of the ground and taking her somewhere, but the girls pointed that we wanted the end to be not so showy, but more peaceful. Also, it would be hard for us to do a big lift with only two people lifting. So we ended up with a simple lift of the ground for a second and then putting Chloe back to her place. After this, Chloe will twirl me and Jenny in front of her.

”we stem from a root planted in the belief
that we are  not 
the faded echoes of voices crying out
names will never hurt me

of course
they did”

From in front of Chloe, me and Jenny will sort of 'launch' Chloe to the front, us facing towards the video on the wall. Again, wanting the end to be quite simple, this part we will all stay put, but the line ”names will never hurt me”, Jenny and Chloe will say it in canon, creating an echoes effect. At this point, Jenny and Chloe will also move from teir places to their end position by the wall, with the video reflecting on them.

”but our lives will only ever always
continue to be
a balancing act
that has less to do with pain
and more to do with beauty.”

We played around with end a little bit, wanting to explore different meanings for the end as well. As I say the last piece of the poem, I will walk to the girls and join them, by taking their hands. We thought that, we could face the wall, to convey the message that things don't always get better, but then thought that it would be better to end the piece in a happy note, facing the audience, with a  small smile.