Hello again! Sorry I didn't post yesterday-Tuesdays are my long days at dance. But today I'm moving onto the actual recital portion of this recital series. But before I start, I 'd just like to mention the topics that I am planning to cover before this weekend (when my dress rehearsal and recital are):
1) Arrival & Warming Up - Wednesday
2) Stage Makeup - Thursday
3) Performance Tips - Friday
According to the list above, today I will write on the subject of "Arrival and Warming Up".
Tips and Ideas
-Arrive early! My studio requires us to be an hour early for the performance for prep, but if possible I like to be earlier by, say, 15-30 minutes, because people are already there setting up lights and such. It may be different for various studios, but all in all, be as early as possible. If anything, you don't want to be rushed.
-Be organized! When you have a lot of stuff backstage, you don't want to start out with everything strewn everywhere. Also, know where all your costumes are. The worst time to not know where a costume is, is when you have a fast change. That is, if you have multiple performances. Otherwise, you don't have to worry about quick changes.
-Warm up! Having a great costume, and perfect makeup may be gorgeous on the stage, but if you're not properly warmed up, the performance won't be as spot on. You can plan out a warm up routine, or just mentally think of what are place that should be warm in order to perform to the greatest extent.
I hope this was helpful! New post coming tomorrow, I promise :)
Thanks for reading!
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