1) my vocal health is paramount, and I must do everything to ensure I look after it
2) I should try and see more theatre
3) I really need to take some dance classes....
I have made a solid effort to tackle all these so far.
1) my GP has sorted out an ENT (ears, nose and throat) referral so I'm going to have a specialist work out what's going on with my throat/voice. This is a HUGE relief, after having spent months having various investigations and not knowing what was going on. I will keep you all updated on my progress, but until I have some definitive answers/progress singing will be taking a back seat in my life. *cries*
2) Through the NT entry pass scheme, I've been to see some wonderful theatre for bargain prices. The entry pass means that if you're between 16-25 you can buy a ticket to see a selection of NT shows (subject to availability) for only £5 and a ticket for a friend (also aged between 16-25) for just £7.50. Considering that this is high quality theatre and in London you'd probably pay more for a cinema ticket, I can't urge you all to sign up quickly enough! You also get discounts and access to various workshops and events so if any of this sounds like it might be useful, I'll leave a link at the bottom of this post for you to find out how to get involved. There are other similar schemes running, such as the RSC key which is essentially the same but for the RSC's shows.
So far, I've seen Alan Ayckbourn's "A Small Family Business" and I'm going to see "Great Britain" next week. I'll write a separate post reviewing both shortly.
3)The dreaded dance class. I had planned to start with ballet and then take a modern/jazz class when I had a bit more time, but I made the mistake of overworking my legs by going for a run a few days before my first planned dance class and consequently pulled a muscle. Not badly mind, but enough that it affected my performance. I really ought to have just rested it, but being really keen to get my dance standard up and being incredibly stubborn, off I went to my first adult ballet class. I had found an open ballet class that catered to adults who had danced as children but hadn't danced since (perfect, you would think!). I went along, on what felt like the hottest day of the year and danced for an hour and a half. Although I felt out of practice, it was good to get back into ballet and I enjoyed the class and felt like I'd had a really good workout. Despite the description of the class level, there were clearly some dancers there who were far more advanced than me but I took solace in the fact that I could see others who were clearly worse than I was. That was until, after the class the teacher came up to me and said (in front of other class members) that this class was clearly much too advanced for me and I should go to the absolute beginners one (I looked up the schedule after he said this, and it clashes with when I work). I wouldn't have minded these comments too much if a) he hadn't humiliated me in front of other dancers and b) if he'd told anyone else the same, but I was the only person he approached. Ah well. Got to find a new dance class I guess, that's a tad more welcoming....watch this space!
Yours faithfully,
the postgrad-app
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/entry-pass link for signing up for entry pass
http://www.rsc.org.uk/support-us/key/ link for signing up for RSC key
2) Through the NT entry pass scheme, I've been to see some wonderful theatre for bargain prices. The entry pass means that if you're between 16-25 you can buy a ticket to see a selection of NT shows (subject to availability) for only £5 and a ticket for a friend (also aged between 16-25) for just £7.50. Considering that this is high quality theatre and in London you'd probably pay more for a cinema ticket, I can't urge you all to sign up quickly enough! You also get discounts and access to various workshops and events so if any of this sounds like it might be useful, I'll leave a link at the bottom of this post for you to find out how to get involved. There are other similar schemes running, such as the RSC key which is essentially the same but for the RSC's shows.
So far, I've seen Alan Ayckbourn's "A Small Family Business" and I'm going to see "Great Britain" next week. I'll write a separate post reviewing both shortly.
3)The dreaded dance class. I had planned to start with ballet and then take a modern/jazz class when I had a bit more time, but I made the mistake of overworking my legs by going for a run a few days before my first planned dance class and consequently pulled a muscle. Not badly mind, but enough that it affected my performance. I really ought to have just rested it, but being really keen to get my dance standard up and being incredibly stubborn, off I went to my first adult ballet class. I had found an open ballet class that catered to adults who had danced as children but hadn't danced since (perfect, you would think!). I went along, on what felt like the hottest day of the year and danced for an hour and a half. Although I felt out of practice, it was good to get back into ballet and I enjoyed the class and felt like I'd had a really good workout. Despite the description of the class level, there were clearly some dancers there who were far more advanced than me but I took solace in the fact that I could see others who were clearly worse than I was. That was until, after the class the teacher came up to me and said (in front of other class members) that this class was clearly much too advanced for me and I should go to the absolute beginners one (I looked up the schedule after he said this, and it clashes with when I work). I wouldn't have minded these comments too much if a) he hadn't humiliated me in front of other dancers and b) if he'd told anyone else the same, but I was the only person he approached. Ah well. Got to find a new dance class I guess, that's a tad more welcoming....watch this space!
Yours faithfully,
the postgrad-app
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/entry-pass link for signing up for entry pass
http://www.rsc.org.uk/support-us/key/ link for signing up for RSC key
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