Another week in performing arts, MUSICAL THEATRE!

Dance/Musical Theatre
This week in the dance side of performing arts we have been developing our 'All that Jazz' routine. Its a massive group performance that we will do as our finalle dance at our end of term show. This monday we are finding out which song we will be singing in a duet or solo for our assesment. I am slightly bervous because i'm still unsure of where i stand with musical theatre.
We had parents evening and Miss Dolan said that i have nothing to worry about and that i just need to get my confidence up because I can sing I'm just not confident. It will take a bit of time but fingers crossed I'll get there, but so far I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying musical theatre.

Costume Construction.
This week has been a very jam packed week in costume construction and we have been told that our deadline is the 6th of June, which is sacrily close. I've had to catch up a few bits this week because i missed a few mood boards when i was off with chicken pox:( but i'm getting closer to finishing. This week i have sewn my corset together and shaped it properly, measured it around me and a manakin to make sure it looks right, hemmed the edges of my corset so it has a nice finish and i have completed one mood board and am half way thorugh another, all i will have left to do is the decoration.

This shows my corset after i had sewn it together with the sewing machine. It proves i have constructed the garment.

This shows me measuring my corset around a manakin. This proves i have measured it correctly.

 This shows me measuring the corset around the manikin to see how much elastic i will need for the back of my corset, for it to fit properly and it to be suitable to dance in.

These pictures show the process of me hemming the edges of my corset from the begining product to the final peice. It hasno decorations yet, but i can say i am very proud of it!

A welcoming to musical theatre...

This past few weeks we have been focusing on musical theatre. We are working on a small performance of 'All that Jazz' from Chicago. We have all taken part in many workshops to do with singing and dancing taught by our teacher Ms Dolan.

I was very wary when we started musical theatre because I am without a doubt more confident in dancing. And i've never sung infront of an audience before, i mean obviously singing round the house and in the bath but thats completely different.  Compared to some of the singers in my group I'm not amazing but I like to think that I'm okay. I get very nervous about singing obviously because I'm not confident about it.

However, although I have been nervous and slightly apprehensive i have enjoyed the first couple of weeks to musical theatre. I have enjoyed learning the routine most because thats where I feel most confident but hopefully the singing will come in time.

Looking at our task on our blue sheets and seeing that we have to create an audition peice does make me slightly worried but I am hoping that will all be okay by the time of performance.

Overall i have really enjoyed musical theatre, mainly because you have to think about the words and they type of beats and choreograph as Fossee would have.

I look forward to the up and coming weeks in musical theatre.

Costume Construction.

What we've been doing!
Lately in costume construction we have been working on our bodices for our costume that is themed around We Will Rock You.

To begin with I lay a paper pattern onto the denim trips and pined it together.

Then i cut the denim to match the shape of the template.

I then Pinned the pices of material together to form the bodice.