Re:WWYDGFC Contest: Challenge #4 - 2008/01/08 20:00I'd tell myself to start taking my career seriously sooner. For some reason it didn't actually occur to me that I would have to try to make this my career until I was out of high school. I'd tell myself to audition for every single part that becomes available and to take as many acting, singing, and dance classes I have time for. I have so little experience and I feel that's one the the things that really hurts me in auditions now. I still get so nervous and my "previous experience" section is always so short.
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nyc_etoile
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Re:WWYDGFC Contest: Challenge #4 - 2008/01/08 23:23Never ever stop trying or growing! When someone gives you harsh criticism, instead of crying about it, use it to make yourself stronger. Case in point: My very first show ever was Annie Warbucks. The choreographer chose me to be in the little tap ensemble section, so I was glad of that. But after a while, she told me that I was struggling so much and wasn't getting it, and if I didn't shape up, I would be cut from the number. (Thankfully, I wasn't.) Three years later, the same choreographer saw how much I had improved and let me choreograph a small section of a number! Even crazier, three years after that, I had grown so much that the same choreographer cast me as a lead in CATS, an all dance musical!
So yeah, don't give up, push on, and as someone else mentioned, I wish I hadn't quit dance lessons when I was 10! Dance lessons are a gift later on!~*~ Kris ~*~
Currently In: Rehearsals for Nine The Musical
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Re:WWYDGFC Contest: Challenge #4 - 2008/01/09 00:44Never, ever, insult your director, even if you think you're talking to a friend. Theatre "friends" can be fickle and snitch on you to gain favor.........or just because they think it's right.
Even if you're close, don't do it. It's safer that way.Maddy, aka minesayrejoice, GreenGirl, GavrocheGrrl, EriksWife (Erik'swife), and jewelkat.
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mslexy403
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Re:WWYDGFC Contest: Challenge #4 - 2008/01/09 09:03If I could give myself advice from the beginning, it would be to not be afraid of disappointment. From the beginning, there were a lot of auditions that I didn't go for because I was scared of failing. In my first show, I was cast in the ensemble and was ecstatic becuase I was one of three freshman to do so. My next year, I was again cast only in the ensemble and was disappointed. I realized that through my let-down I pushed myself harder to try to get a role the next year, which, thankfully, I did. If only I had realized from the beginning that if I failed or succeeded that I would ultimately, succeed. I would learn from what I did wrong if I did not make it, and if I did, that was enough for me."If life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've forgotten. And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing"
Currently: Cosette in Les Miserables
Favorite Roles: Truvy in Steel Magnolias
Dream Roles: Lady of the Lake (Spamalot), Val (A Chorus Line), Ms. Lovett (Sweeney Todd)
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ShadowoftheSun
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Re:WWYDGFC Contest: Challenge #4 - 2008/01/09 19:23This is a tough one...I guess if I were truly able to give my past performing self some advice, I'd say go all out. Don't hold back, and just have fun! But be serious about it as well. I needed to loosen up. I was worried about how perfect everything had to be.Currently: Melanie, Mary, Pearl, Sophie, Linda, and MiMi (Check, Please)
Upcoming Audition: Little Shop of Horrors (Jan 9, 10, 11)
"All the world's a stage." Dedicated Healy-ite.
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iGOTrhythm
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Re:WWYDGFC Contest: Challenge #4 - 2008/01/11 18:40I would tell myself to pick a song earlier than like a week before the audition, so I'll be more confident and stuff.
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