tomridyard@musicaltheatre

so far whilst learning the song and dance for the cabaret i have managed to learn all my lyrics including the mc lines with all accents sounding okay, i have also managed to complete the dance from start to finish without making any timing mistakes or wrong moves. i feel like i need to work on getting in touch with my character and understand if i wanna be a sexy mc, weird, creepy or feminist i can figure out how i want to play my character by researching different ms's from different plays and see how they have been performed.

Whilst performing the nothing like a dame i rehearsed all the words and choreography to make sure when i was doing this piece it tan smoothly with all the correct timings which included picking up blocks on certain words and moving forward to create space to dance whilst someone was singing. however i wasn't confident enough and didn't project my voice enough to be able to play my character to my best ability

I feel that i performed seasons of love well as i knew the lyrics so i could sing without having the lyrics in-front of me. I also managed to sing this loud and clear using all my air which i learnt how to control in class. To be able to know the lyrics i decided to listen to the song and rehearse in my spare time. I also stayed after lesson to find out my pitch with sam. i believe that i needed to work on my pitch and confidence with in this song

i understood that i had to figure out how and where i stood whilst performing the dance from West Side Story as there was a lot of movement and levels that i had to achieve in small areas. This included high kicks, pirrouettes, step ball changes and on top of this i had to make sure i was in time whilst performing in my group against the sharks. i feel like i need to work on being more stable and agile whilst performing such a dance as it will help for me to be more like the character i was playing which would look more realistic. To do this i believe i should rehearse the dance and listen to the music so i can stay in time and understand when i need to be moving, this will help so i don't hit into any other performers.