Dance for an Actress/Singer

MomCares
Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:28:33 +0000

I tend to agree with actor12 that a female who hasn’t danced since a very early age – and who isn’t also blessed with a “dancer’s body” – is unlikely to land in a Broadway dance ensemble no matter what she does during her 4 years of college. This is NOT equally true for male MTs, for whom there are simply far more available roles and far less competition. I know guys who started dance training in college and will dance (or already have danced) on Broadway. On the other hand, we know several females who are amazing dancers trained since birth whose legs are a bit short and don’t even bother with dance calls any more. It is simply not a level playing field for guys and dolls.

That said, I still think females should take as much ballet as possible in college for the reasons mentioned above. Even a singer who moves needs to move beautifully!

There’s also some great discussion about singers who move here…