Hi everyone!
Being a dance major, I am expected to fulfill certain requirements that the dance board proposes. These reuired courses include ballet and modern technique classes, anatomy for dancers, theory classes, composition classes, and history classes. Two other major requirements are performance units and crewing units. Dance majors are reuired to have 6 performance units at 2 units each, and 3 crewing units at one unit each.
Right now, I am fulfilling my first crewing requirement. The kind of crewing I am participating in is stage crewing for a dance show next weekend. We have been meeting every night since this past Monday and will continue these until the show is over. Basically, being a part of stage crew is surprisingly challenging. I expected to just change the little color for the side lights for the stage, sweep the floors, and learn some termanology of the stage. It turned out to be hanging lights, focusing light, queing lights, flying curtains in and out, mopping and other minor details that i didn't realize even happened during a show.
It's a long and tiring process, but i'm learning a lot about what it takes to put on a dance concert, and I'm even building a little muscle from flying to curtains in and out!
Friday, April 22, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Auditions!
Hi! So tonight I am going to be talking about dance auditions.
A dance audition is typically the part of being a professional dancer that people dread. I see auditions as complete opportunities, whether I get the job or not. Auditions are all about putting yourself out into the dance world and not being fearful of other people's opinions about you. It's also about growing as a dancer, and also as a person. If you get denied a job once, you may want to come back again after you've improved your skill/style/technique - this with push you to become better. If you've come back a few times and still have not gotten the job, then the learning experience will be to learn to move on to a different goal.
In my opinion, auditions may be very nerve racking, but they are extremely fun. In the past few months I have auditioned for several programs and attending these auditions have taught me so much about myself and also about the industry. Despite the countless hours waiting in line to register and sometimes even waiting to audition, try-outs of any sort gets your adrenaline and blood pumping. The feeling of excitement when waiting to show the authority what you can bring to the table is the greatest and most thriving feeling. I was recently told at an audition that "anyone who is scared to go through with the audition shouldn't even be here." I think that this is a true statement because auditions can be long and draining enough as it is, and you need to have a confident mind-set and heart in order to do your absolute best when it counts.
If you ever plan on auditioning for something, please have confidence and a positive heart and attack it with all you've got so it is worth it. If they don't like you or what you bring, there is someone out there who will.
<3
A dance audition is typically the part of being a professional dancer that people dread. I see auditions as complete opportunities, whether I get the job or not. Auditions are all about putting yourself out into the dance world and not being fearful of other people's opinions about you. It's also about growing as a dancer, and also as a person. If you get denied a job once, you may want to come back again after you've improved your skill/style/technique - this with push you to become better. If you've come back a few times and still have not gotten the job, then the learning experience will be to learn to move on to a different goal.
In my opinion, auditions may be very nerve racking, but they are extremely fun. In the past few months I have auditioned for several programs and attending these auditions have taught me so much about myself and also about the industry. Despite the countless hours waiting in line to register and sometimes even waiting to audition, try-outs of any sort gets your adrenaline and blood pumping. The feeling of excitement when waiting to show the authority what you can bring to the table is the greatest and most thriving feeling. I was recently told at an audition that "anyone who is scared to go through with the audition shouldn't even be here." I think that this is a true statement because auditions can be long and draining enough as it is, and you need to have a confident mind-set and heart in order to do your absolute best when it counts.
If you ever plan on auditioning for something, please have confidence and a positive heart and attack it with all you've got so it is worth it. If they don't like you or what you bring, there is someone out there who will.
<3
Friday, April 15, 2011
Back Again
So after an insanely busy past couple of weeks, it's back to the blog.
I think last time I had just finished discussing how the quality and dynamics of dancing is very important. Now I am going to talk about how technique is also very important.
Technique in dancing is the skill that one has when one is trained so precisely in their form of dance. In ballet, the technique is all about the entire body: having correct placement, nice lines, impressive feet, etc. In jazz the technique is about the trick ability: having high kicks, being able to do mulitple piroettes, being able to execute high leaps, etc.
It takes years to develope good technique in dance no matter what the style.
here's a video that shows the dancers' ability to look stunning on stage and also dance together so precisely. we're actually working on this piece in my pointe class, and it's not as easy as it looks....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8YVza2ri7o&feature=related
I think last time I had just finished discussing how the quality and dynamics of dancing is very important. Now I am going to talk about how technique is also very important.
Technique in dancing is the skill that one has when one is trained so precisely in their form of dance. In ballet, the technique is all about the entire body: having correct placement, nice lines, impressive feet, etc. In jazz the technique is about the trick ability: having high kicks, being able to do mulitple piroettes, being able to execute high leaps, etc.
It takes years to develope good technique in dance no matter what the style.
here's a video that shows the dancers' ability to look stunning on stage and also dance together so precisely. we're actually working on this piece in my pointe class, and it's not as easy as it looks....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8YVza2ri7o&feature=related
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