#bfa problems

[halindon]

Anti-Personality: The Lion

                                                Dissociate

You are understandably disconnected from the world around you. Things are in a bad way and it’s hard to engage and see the reality of what’s happening, but it might be time for you to be part of your own reality. Sometimes not caring as much as others can be useful.

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Tagging: @belillinafireseeker @meangreenlee @high-justiciar @sallebelenne And anyone else who wants to do it!

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[sunshine-and-songs]

One of my biggest pet peeves is when choreographers can’t read sheet music... ESPECIALLY for a musical. 

[davidlevitz]

most of these are from real life FYI

[new-musical-theatre]

If you have ever looked into a BFA program at the top schools in the nation, you have probably heard the words “cut system.” This means that a student is evaluated at certain points during their college career and the faculty determines if that student has earned a spot to continue on in their program. In the past, some schools have admitted more students than they plan on graduating and use these evaluations as explanations as to why they ask certain students to leave. Currently, the practice of forcing classes to fill a quota (despite talent level or growth) is not common – at least in writing – but that does not mean that an evaluation and decision based on that evaluation does not exist. Basically, the absence of a cut system doesn’t guarantee graduation. [...]

[new-musical-theatre]

This spring, I graduated college with a BFA in Musical Theatre. I can sing, I can act, I can sort of dance. I grew so much as a person and an actor while I was at college and I wouldn’t trade the lessons I learned for anything. But there are a lot of lessons I didn’t learn and those are costing me a lot in the real world. I spoke with a few of my friends who also graduated within the last five years and discovered that many college theatre programs, whether it’s a well-known school or one that’s still waiting for an alum to make it famous, are lacking in some very important ways. [...]

[new-musical-theatre]

I completely understand the sentiment to commit to the artistic training in a college environment and always encourage students to make the most out of the 4 (or so) years they have to make mistakes, learn from them and continue to hone their skills and craft. What I have a huge problem with, however, is trying to convince students that liberal studies classes are not important to their future and simply an inconvenience of going to a university. In my experience, the opposite has been true and I believe there are many advantages to working hard in liberal studies or core classes.

[new-musical-theatre]

BFA in Gypsying?: Tips for the Traveling Lifestyle With a Theatre Degree, Part 1

If I could journey back in time and tell the super green, fresh college grad version of myself that my theatre employment would take me to over 40 US states and even make me a world traveler in 5 years (mostly on someone else’s very snazzy dime), I would have“shablam-ed” to the floor in shock. Then I would have wisely rushed to the passport office to retake my photo, which embarrassingly screams Orange is the New Black. Oh, if only I could pull a Cher and turn back time. [...]

[tragicallywicked]

ahhhhh this end of semester won’t let me live. I have to hanlde a whole book resume this week, premier as Lady Macbeth next week and then in two other plays the same week. welp. if I don’t appear after that it’s because I died in between.