This might be a chicken/egg type question, however...

Thu, 25 Jan 2007, 03:01 pm

SLE10 posts in thread

Just say one loves to sing and one is young and one wants to be an opera singer or in musicals or some kind of performance based career when one is older and one has singing lessons (classical) and piano lessons (doing exams for both), and one can dance a little but doesn't go to dance classes anymore because one has to eat, sleep, go to school and do other stuff as well :)

Singing teachers I've spoken to say all singers should be able to play the piano - so we've got that happening... but what about dancing?

Who has the easier future here - a dancer who can sing a bit, or a singer who can dance a bit and also play piano?

My daughter has classical singing and piano lessons and also swims (and she wins medals so she's not keen to give up the swimming yet and I want her to do fun stuff she enjoys, too), so at the moment there is little room for any more activity... I'm just wondering how important it is or even if it is necessary for her to go to ballet classes or something... she's not interested in becoming a dancer - she wants to sing.

Opinions... advice, etc. welcome and thank you all in advance :)

DFE

It's all good advice but

Fri, 26 Jan 2007, 09:59 am

Logos

It's all good advice but lets look at where she might want to go. She loves Opera, well that means conservatory training and dance is Ok but not essential. On the other hand, for conservatory training multi instrument is almost essential. You have to have more than one instrument of which voice is one. And I beg to differ from Craig in that for Opera formal training of the voice is essential. You will not get by on raw talent alone. For Musical theatre dance is probably essential so if that is where she wants to go then she needs some dance. At her age she doesn't need formal ballet training (she has probably missed the boat for becoming a classical ballet dancer and I bet saying that gets me into trouble)I would suggest a reputable dance school that does a general dance course with an introduction to a variety of styles including the modern ones. It would probably be a good idea to discuss this with the Conservatory or WA opera for advice as to the best way for her to proceed. It's early enough that she doesn't have to make a final decision but I still think the formal voice training is very important if she is thinking about Opera. Is that all there is? Well if that's all there is my friend, then let's keep dancing. www.tonymoore.id.au

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This might be a chicken/egg type question, however...— SLE25 Jan 2007

A singer— Logos25 Jan 2007
let her choose— Walter Plinge25 Jan 2007
- to dance or not to dance... that is the question...— SLE26 Jan 2007
Dancing around the subject— crgwllms26 Jan 2007
It's all good advice but— Logos26 Jan 2007
- Logos, your advice is worth bottling and keeping :)— SLE26 Jan 2007
A Point or two— Tari-Xalyr26 Jan 2007
also unique...— SLE26 Jan 2007
Yet more two cents worth...— Rapunzel26 Jan 2007

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