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In your first year, after the initial excitement of starting a new course and meeting the inspirational tutors at GSA, you will work mainly on the techniques you need to sustain a career as a professional actor/performer.
Musical Theatre performers nowadays must be able to work in every branch of the industry, from a musical theatre revue to full scale West End Musicals requiring a high level of dance skills to television and radio drama. In acting we will help you develop your imagination; understand your own character and personality so that you are free to explore other characters and personalities; be spontaneous and react truthfully in imagined situations. playtext and theory classes will help you explore the world of plays and musicals.
You will have weekly practical singing classes, small group repetoire classes, and one-to-one tutorials; dance classes in tap, ballet, jazz and contemporary; movement classes could include t’ai chi, mime and clowning. Musical Theatre students have to maintain a high level of physical fitness and you will take part in body conditioning classes to improve your general strength and flexibility.
The voice and speech you use for everyday is not good enough for the theatre or for television. We will assist you in developing a strong and versatile voice which is flexible enough to enable you to work in theatre, musical theatre, television and radio.
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