How Peacemaker One-Upped Its Opening Dance for Season Two

"Peacemaker's viral opening dance sequence caught fans off guard with an 80-second choreographed number featuring every major cast member moving in unison to "Do Ya Wanna Taste It" by Wig Wam. But in retrospect, we should have seen it coming. Series showrunner James Gunn brought dance into the superhero world with the animated opening of his 2010 film, Super, and grooving to high-energy classics was a key component of his Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy."

""There were so many people, mostly men, who were learning it and posting clips of themselves learning it," says choreographer Charissa Barton. "I love that one of the consequences of this creative choice from James is that it opened the door to people feeling like they can move." For its second season, Peacemaker goes even bigger with the opening dance, incorporating more cast members, trickier lifts, and high-flying wirework to the tune of Foxy Shazam's "Oh Lord.""

""Oh Lord" is considerably slower than "Do Ya Wanna Taste It" and required more complex choreography. "The tempo was not quite fast enough to keep the energy up with simpler movement but too slow to do regular time - if you're doing one move per count, it gets really dead really fast," says Barton. As she did for season one, Barton turned to her husband, actor and non-dancer Alan Tudyk, to see if the choreography would work in double time,"

Peacemaker launched with an unexpected 80-second ensemble dance that blended every major cast member in synchronized movement to a high-energy rock song. James Gunn's cinematic use of dance informed the show's bold opening choice and encouraged fan participation. Choreographer Charissa Barton notes widespread fan practice clips and intentional creative choices that invited movement. Season two amplifies the concept with more performers, trickier lifts, and aerial wirework set to a slower song. The slower tempo demanded polyrhythms and syncopation to maintain energy, increasing technical difficulty and rehearsal challenges for the dancers.

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