MT Audition Course - help

Fri, 3 Aug 2007, 08:49 pm

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Hi, I was just wondering if it would be possible to be accepted by a Bachelor of Music Theatre course if you have never had any official dance training. I have been in school productions and musicals, do drama and have voice lessons but I have never really taken dance lessons. I have been told that I have natural ability from a dance teacher when I went for a trial lesson and also by another dance instructor which came to my school when we had to do a dance session as part of the lesson. I am planning on auditioning for the three places that I know of in Australia that offer the course in which case, if I do get accepted, I will have to move interstate. Well it would be great if someone could perhaps tell me if there is any chance at all as I don't want to get my hopes up for nothing. Thanks.

I don't think that's quite

Wed, 17 Oct 2007, 10:26 am

Walter Plinge

I don't think that's quite true. If you're short it's harder to get parts in the chorus and start out the way most people do- i.e., doing the hard yards jete-ing up the back while you wait for the director to throw you a line- but theatre isn't exactly about portraying the realistic, and I've seen plenty of shows with a pocket rocket (i.e. short person) playing the romantic lead. For some people it may be harder- eg, if you're both short and very thin with no boobs or hips or anything- but for people like Cheno and Rachel Beck it works for them because they're basically tiny little women. I say, go shorties, go! There are heaps of shorties in the WAAPA BA right now, and have been- in fact last year the shortest girl in BA had three prominent roles in all their productions.

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you will find that you will— Walter Plinge4 Aug 2007
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