The performing arts department is full of hard working and competitive with such high levels of skills. I have recently been looking at a few websites and researching what skills you need for the performing arts- musical theatre section when applying for university and what to expect.
Above, is one of the random university courses that I have clicked on. From looking into the, I have seen and realised how hard it is to get in. 48 out of thousands of students are enrolled for this which means these 48 people that have been enrolled have had either years of experience or have a high standard of potential in them.
The other website I have had my eyes on is Italia Conti:
I have had a look on the 1 year performing arts foundation course as I feel that it would be more suitable for me rather than the 3 year diploma. The 1 year foundation class says that it would give students like me a chance to improve my training for singing, acting and dancing. It makes more sense because I am not as good as a dancer than I am as a singer. Training at Italia Conti already looks like a hard working course that is 5 days a week. Doing this course, improves your discipline, creativity, collaborative side and technical skills and as well as the 3 major things; acting, singing and dancing. This course pushes you to your limits to make sure you are the best you can be.
I know that this foundation course would probably be most suitable for me because it allows me to be with people that are more at my standard of training which makes things easier because it just focuses on making yourself a better performing arts student and also, gets you ready for next year if you would want to do the 3 year diploma course.
These kind of university's all look for a high level of singing, acting and dancing. For singing they would look for high vocal range, a strong voice, confidence and being able to adapt into a different character. For acting, they would look for knowledge on your monologues/scripts you know and being able to adapt into different characters and changing the dynamics of your voice, how you communicate with an audience and having the right body language and attitude. For dance, the use of technical skills that you mainly need is good use of core stability, alignment, posture and being able to take in corrections. You need a high level of standard of these three things.
Your past experiences are something they want to hear from you so you need to make sure that you have as much experience in musical theatre as possible. The more experience- the better. They want to know whether you have been in any musicals or any acting/ dance pieces and what roles you played. Also, what kind of qualifications do you have and work that is related to theatre. If you have had any experience in lighting/staging/writing any plays. They want to know what you learnt from all these experiences and what skills you gathered from doing these things.
Other skills that they may want to also know about you is if you have done any additional classes like music theory or ballet classes that you have stuck to.
One of the main things they see in you when you first walk into audition for university is how you present yourself and speak. They want to see outstanding attitude from you and will most probably ask you about your goals and aspirations. You need to portray yourself with a positive, prestigious kind of attitude.
You need to make sure you stand out in front of all the other students auditioning, so you shouldn't be afraid to not blend in with the others. They look for a person with interest, independence, creativity and someone who can listen but is full of ideas and good energy.
These kind of university's all look for a high level of singing, acting and dancing. For singing they would look for high vocal range, a strong voice, confidence and being able to adapt into a different character. For acting, they would look for knowledge on your monologues/scripts you know and being able to adapt into different characters and changing the dynamics of your voice, how you communicate with an audience and having the right body language and attitude. For dance, the use of technical skills that you mainly need is good use of core stability, alignment, posture and being able to take in corrections. You need a high level of standard of these three things.
Your past experiences are something they want to hear from you so you need to make sure that you have as much experience in musical theatre as possible. The more experience- the better. They want to know whether you have been in any musicals or any acting/ dance pieces and what roles you played. Also, what kind of qualifications do you have and work that is related to theatre. If you have had any experience in lighting/staging/writing any plays. They want to know what you learnt from all these experiences and what skills you gathered from doing these things.
Other skills that they may want to also know about you is if you have done any additional classes like music theory or ballet classes that you have stuck to.
One of the main things they see in you when you first walk into audition for university is how you present yourself and speak. They want to see outstanding attitude from you and will most probably ask you about your goals and aspirations. You need to portray yourself with a positive, prestigious kind of attitude.
You need to make sure you stand out in front of all the other students auditioning, so you shouldn't be afraid to not blend in with the others. They look for a person with interest, independence, creativity and someone who can listen but is full of ideas and good energy.
