Hello world!
Here we are again on another great Thursday morning, afternoon or night. Today I want to write about a project we have started in the last few weeks. I know we have really busy lives with a lot of stuff to do but my thoughts are that when you want success as badly as you want to breathe then you will have it.
All of these projects we start are just little steps to wanting success that bad and if we can get to that point then we can reach the stars no matter how far away they are.
This goes the same for all of you too. If you want something as bad as life itself you will be surprised how far just your plain power of will can take you.
Anyway, today I’m going to talk about the workshop we just started doing about 5 weeks ago…… now thinking about it that was actually a while ago now hmmm how time fly’s when your doing what you love, right?
What we do at our workshop is work on three things: acting, singing and dancing. The three parts of becoming the star of Broadway or any other stage… or just to learn more about the fundamentals of theater. We started two different classes one on Saturdays - this is a 10 week program. This is our larger class so we can work not just individually but also with a group of people so its like the best of both worlds. We also have a Wednesday class for 8 weeks. This is a smaller class so we can work mostly with each person separately with just a little bit of group work. The difference between the two classes is small but can make a big difference to the actor or actress taking the class .
Lets get to acting! What we will do is have a few weeks devoted to acting and what this entails is really quite interesting. We do improv games to help keep the actors on their toes. Improv is a very vital part to being a great performer in general.
We will also have the students do cold reads. This means to give them a monologue and without any practice read and act it in front of the other students. This will help students get an idea of what professional auditions will be like - if that is the chosen career path.
The next facet of our workshop is singing. Most think singing is just hitting the note - and I can’t say that you’re wrong — you just only have half the answer to being great. What we will do is have participants use many different styles and tones of their voice to help them hear what they are singing and to give them a wider knowledge of all the intricacies of every different style to help them make their favorite style the best it can be.
Dancing:: This is a huge huge part of getting to be accomplished as an actor. Think about it this way - if half the roles in the world need a dancer and you can’t dance - well your kinda sunk because of the 50% parts left you can try out for (dividing men’s and women’s roles) you’ll only fit in half of them. This reduces your chances of getting one of these roles, so….not being able to dance means you will most of the time end up not getting the parts you want and failing as a musical actor. Ok so that was a little harsh - but if you don’t shock the world with what you say you're tuned out just like anything else people don’t want to hear!
So we make it our job to teach everyone that takes our class how to dance with the best of em. Its is not as easy as it sounds. So many people come in to our class saying I’m the worst dancer you will ever meet, but we all never let that stop us from pushing you to be the best you can be and even beyond that. Every day we will stretch and do a short combination to loosen everybody up and work on everyone's flexibility and ability to pick up on choreography. What this will do is: first, it's always better to be more flexible and the faster you can pick up on whatever you are being taught the more likely you are to be picked for a part because if there is one thing I know it is that directors like people who can learn quickly and remember what they learn!
On the last week of our workshop we will have all of the parents come in and do a showcase to show off what the participants have learned and how far they have come in just a few weeks!!
This is just another little insight into our lives with $wag bag thur$days. Hope you all enjoy and please comment anything you would like especially if there is anything you would like me to talk about next week. I’m open for most anything.
Peace out everybody ..enjoy life ..it only happens once!!!
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