If you’ve ever wondered how to be a better singer or better stage performer while singing, here are seven tips that will improve your singing performance. Who knows, you may even win a singing contest!
Which Color?
Your opera glasses are a purchase that you will have for your whole life… With that in mind, it is important to choose a color and style of opera glasses that will match with your outfits for years to come. The classical colors are probably a better choice since they go with everything and won’t ever go out of fashion. However, if you really love the bright colors and crystals for your opera glasses, might as well enjoy the flare they will give you in the theater.
What Magnification?
It is important to know what magnification you will need for your opera glasses. Standard magnifications is 3x to 5x … For your opera glasses, anything less than 3x magnification doesn’t do much good, especially if you aren’t in front row seats. 5x is typically too strong and magnify too much for the wide view of the whole stage. The 3x magnification is almost always the best choice for most, if not all, of the seats in the theater.
Handle or Chain?
Knowing how you will use your opera glasses is something important to consider before your purchase. If you are someone who loses things easily, the chain is probably a good feature for you to have on your opera glasses. It is also beneficial when you aren’t planning on using the glasses the whole performance. If you are seated further away and want to use them the whole show, the handle is preferable. The handle is extendable and is the perfect length to rest your arm on the chair-rest and view through the lenses. Unless you have great arm muscles, I suggest the handle for most people.
A Light?
This is a wonderful feature that regrettably is not available on all pairs of opera glasses. For those of you who like to know the details about all of the performers, see the name of each song, know what is coming next, and see each scene or act, this is a must have on any pair of opera glasses. The light is discreet so you do not disturb others around you, but you can view the program easily without having to wait until the intermission or hold the program awkwardly facing the stage to catch a bit of light to read by.
Center Focus?
Unfortunately, some cheaper styles of opera glasses do not have a center focus. It is important to know before your purchase if your opera glasses have the center focus. If you don’t have the center focus, you will be unable to adjust your glasses for your preferences. Sometimes, it won’t be an issue, but if you like to have things crystal clear, it is important to have this feature on your opera glasses
Let’s say you woke up this morning and for the first time in your life announced, “I want to start acting!” Where should you turn? What will you need? Where should you go? In order to start acting, you should have a few things in order and on track. Like any other profession, you’ll want to get a grasp on the tools of the trade and get your game plan in order. Let’s take a closer look at the things you should focus on to help you start acting right now.
What’s cracking people?
If you want to start your journey to becoming a pro dancer even before you make it to a major city like LA or NY, I’ve done some research for you and found some strategies that can help you pursue your passion for dance.
STRATEGY #1: LOOK AT WHAT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. Your city may have its very own theater, dance company, or cultural organization. Get on line and research the performing arts department in your city/town find out where they are located. Offer your help volunteer or see if they have an internship program. Give some of your time and help them out. That way you can meet people and network and build relationships. Also look up dance productions, theaters or arts in the yellow pages.
Strategy #2. BE AWARE OF THE CHOICES YOU MAKE. You will have to make tough decisions along the way. You have to be focused and aware. A good way to make sure that the decisions that you make are good decisions is to ask yourself this question- Does this new decision or idea support me in the advancement of my professional career? Does this new idea keep me on my path or does it place me on another path?
STRATEGY #3: ASK YOURSELF THE TOUGH QUESTION. Understand that being a professional dancer is not just booking jobs and being in music videos. The dance industry has its highs and its lows. The pay is not steady, you go from gig to gig. You don’t get paid right after the gig is done so you have to wait a while before you see a check. Most of the time in dance you won’t know where your next job is coming from.
STRATEGY #4: DO YOUR HOMEWORK, EDUCATE YOURSELF. Now is the greatest time in the history of earth to be alive. We live in the information age. We have everything we ever need to know about any subject at our finger tips. So you should be very well educated about the business and what it takes to be a professional dancer. If you do this you are many steps ahead of the game.
STRATEGY #5: KEEP YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS CLOSE. It is always good to have a great support team behind you. Talk to your friends and family. Let them know your hopes and dreams. Discuss what opportunities are out there like College programs and scholarships, part time jobs or even pursuing representation by an agency. Let them know because you never know what they can help you with.
Strategy # 6. RECOGNIZE YOUR OWN POTENTIAL! Understand that you have everything inside of you that you need to become a great professional dancer booking jobs non stop and making lots of money while having the time of you life! You just have to know it’s there. You’re like a plant. You start off as a seed and you need certain things for you to grow healthy and strong. The plant needs to be fertilized to build a strong foundation. Next it needs water and sunlight. As time passes it begins to grow, and it may seem like over night it blossomed into a beautiful plant. Well that’s the dancer in you. You just have to give it what it needs to grow big and beautiful.
STRATEGY #8: STUDY OTHER DANCERS- Let me ask you this- if you want to to become rich do you seek the advice of a homeless person? If you want to become a doctor do you seek the advice of a lawyer? The answer to both those question is No. So if you want to become a professional dancers seek the advice a professional dancer, but one who is successful. Someone who has done what you want to do. Study them. Do you see qualities in them that you like? Do you see qualities similar to your own? Or qualities you’d like to have? Recognizing greatness in others is a great way to identify greatness in you!
What’s crackin?
Here are some insider tips to help you get prepared for the Professional Dance world.
Tip-1) The Audition
There are 2 types of auditions
Cattle Calls- auditions where everybody who is a dancer comes out in hopes to get the job. These auditions can last anywhere from 4 to 8 hr and as many as 100 to 500 dancers could show up. So be prepared. Bring a lunch and lots of water, also bring headphones so you can practice while you wait. Head shots and resume is a must and bring your A Game.
Request Auditions- You have to have a agent to get requested to go to this audition. Only a few dancer are selected to get the opportunity to audition for the job. Dancers are selected by pictures based on height, body type, hair color, and ethnicity. Good thing about this type of audition it has less people and they know the “type” they are looking for which gives you a better chance at getting the job. They only usually last for 2 to 4hr or even less.
Tip-2) Now you’re in the audition. Well let me tell ya talent alone won’t get you the job. You must first look the part… Image is everything. If you have an agent they will give you the breakdown of what to wear. Always dress to impress. For both guys and girls it is good to show some skin. You be the judge on how much skin you want to show but don’t over do it. Your style should be current you don’t want to show up in some MC Hammer pants and a polka dot shirt. Check out music videos and fashion magazines to let you know what’s hot.
So if you were the one that stood out at the audition, you’re booked for the job! Once you’ve gotten the job here is what to expect…
Tip-3) Don’t assume that all the hard work is over now that you booked the job. Now it is time to really bring your A-game cause you still could get fired, so always put you best foot forward. If it is your first job and you get fired it could ruin your reputation and hurt you confidence as a dancer. Be on time and be social make friends. don’t kiss butt but be yourself.
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That’s all! If you follow these steps you will be well on you way to building amazing dance resume. For more tips go to http://www.ogdance.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Chopper_Platt |
Have you heard about the Suzuki violin method? Many people are raving about this type of instruction that has stood its ground against other violin teaching styles. Based on the theory that music is a language, very young children are started on the Suzuki violin method because it has been proven that children can master a language, specifically the language of music, faster at a young age.
Kids and magic tricks for kids just seem to go together. There’s nothing quite like watching the wonder on a child’s face when you pull a quarter out from behind his ear, or can show the exact card that your daughter picked, or make a small ivory ball disappear from a little vase.
The Velvet Hammer Burlesque troupe was founded in Los Angeles by curvy visionary Michelle Carr, in 1995, and is one of the most famous modern burlesque shows in the world. It has featured appearances by guest pinup models and screen supervixens Kitten Natividad and Tura Satana, of Russ Meyer fame, and Mamie Van Doren.
This modern burlesque troupe has been greatly shaped by vintage burlesque and the vintage erotic, and its burlesque dancers have been an assortment of modern pinups who run the gamut of all shapes and sizes. It has been observed that their burlesque striptease, which “puts the tease back in striptease”, has more in common with vaudeville than the sleazy table dancing of today.
And their cast of burlesque comics, and the burlesque music that provides the backdrop for their bump and grind, is varied and historically accurate. The burlesque girls which have made up the troupe in the past have included tattooed girls, goth girls, punk rock girls, and the aesthetic vibrancy that goes along with that whole package.
I was fortunate enough to have appeared briefly on stage in a colorful vignette during the 2001 Velvet Hammer show at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles, and it is one of my fondest memories. In a nod to the Irving Klaw/Bettie Page films of the 1950’s, yours truly was wearing vintage lingerie and getting a cute “John Willie” style spanking while draped over the lap of Lucha VaVoom founder Liz Fairbairn.
Founder Michelle Carr published an amazing coffee table book in 2008 of this great historic burlesque troupe. These modern burlesque girls, these assorted beauties, are today’s modern pinup models, in this post feminist tribute to vintage burlesque.
You often hear magicians say, “There are no bad tricks, just bad presentations.” I’m here to tell you, some tricks are inherently better than others. Why else would some become classics while others vanish (no pun intended), never to be performed again?
The founder of the Pantages “empire” was born Pericles Pantages, but having great admiration for Alexander the Great, he changed his first name, not without some evidence of foresight! His first theatre was built in 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba for the showcasing of vaudeville acts, and Alexander Pantages the Greek entrepreneur began his Vaudeville Circuit.