Music and choreography Wheels (Glee)
the defying gravity storyline based on high school experience of chris colfer
the episode features cover versions of nouvelle vague rendition of dancing myself , defying gravity wicked , ike & tina turner rendition of proud mary . glee cast versions of songs, including both michele , colfer s solo performances of defying gravity , released singles available digital download. while proud mary , dancing myself did not chart, defying gravity reached number 58 in australia, 38 in canada , 31 in america. duet version of defying gravity appeared on soundtrack album glee: music, volume 1 .
murphy selected defying gravity episode after colfer relayed story own high school days, whereby drama teacher refused let him sing song because of sex. murphy explained: found way write show because s in nutshell show about: being told can t because of perception of them opposed real ability is. colfer stated opportunity sing song meant world him, , that: s absolutely terrifying watch ve dreamed such long time. know m not best singer, think message, story behind song defying limits , borders placed others, gets across performance. although kurtsy things in song, s 1 of honest , close-to-heart scenes ve ever filmed or performed matter.
dancing myself mchale s first solo performance on show. murphy commented performance artie s chance break away being misunderstood , express himself, explaining although artie secure guy not care others opinions of him, wheels sees friends take disability granted: performance him saying, look, am, , want be. mchale has stated performing artie has made him more aware of challenges people disabilities face: s different side of life. more ever, realize how grateful able between each take , walk around. m glad can represent kind of life on television millions of people see every week. , whole point of show artie can still else can matters.
glee choreographer zach woodlee described proud mary scariest number produced date, citing concerns choreographing entire routine in wheelchairs , problems building correct staging. woodlee explained stage ramps built steeply, preventing actors ascending them in wheelchairs, , actors experienced problems learning distribute weight correctly, flipping wheelchairs on backwards: roller derby. of actors fall backwards , hit heads—particularly lea michele. lose balance quick when try go ramp in wheelchair. amber riley caught edge going down ramp , fell off completely. there pile-ups; there crashes. basically, go wrong, did. murphy specified woodlee cast members should not able leave wheelchairs during number, as: artie doesn t get ever, didn t want up. woodlee agreed: if looked fun , easy, wouldn t read right. ryan wanted people understand artie deals with.
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