Um. I took a little bit of ballet and gymnastics (lol for cheerleading) and then mostly jazz/modern stuff , so it might not help that much? idk.
Warm up/stretching/training was totally a big deal. In addition to normal stretching, we had to do 200 sit-ups and 200 knee push-ups and run laps for warm up. And then we'd do the same after practice to cool down.
I guess it depends on your coach/choreographer, but some people are reeeaaaally strict. Specially when you're doing actual choreography and not just training. A mistake = 5 push-ups (not just for you, but for EVERYONE). It gets worse the closer you get to recital date. :\
So since they're going to art school, I assume they'll have auditions? Like, maybe first, there's group auditions where everybody is taught the choreography and they're picked off one by one. Then there's the solo one, where you get up and dance in front of a panel. Then there's a scary interview.
That's not from dance school! I was part of a dance troupe in high school and we had the (insanely spectacular) coach from hell and the hard-to-please upperclassmen (they made me look forward to being a senior)
The lessons I attended before joining were pretty relaxed, too, so when I auditioned for the troupe I was like, "oh shit" hahahah
question! for auditions, do they make up their own choreography for the solos or are they taught it like for the group auditions? and what usually comes first?
Warm up/stretching/training was totally a big deal. In addition to normal stretching, we had to do 200 sit-ups and 200 knee push-ups and run laps for warm up. And then we'd do the same after practice to cool down.
I guess it depends on your coach/choreographer, but some people are reeeaaaally strict. Specially when you're doing actual choreography and not just training. A mistake = 5 push-ups (not just for you, but for EVERYONE). It gets worse the closer you get to recital date. :\
So since they're going to art school, I assume they'll have auditions? Like, maybe first, there's group auditions where everybody is taught the choreography and they're picked off one by one. Then there's the solo one, where you get up and dance in front of a panel. Then there's a scary interview.
hope that helped! :)
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The lessons I attended before joining were pretty relaxed, too, so when I auditioned for the troupe I was like, "oh shit" hahahah
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That helps a bunch!! :):)
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for auditions, do they make up their own choreography for the solos or are they taught it like for the group auditions? and what usually comes first?
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