Musical Theatre Action Plan

After watching back my solo chicago audition piece i have decided to make an action plan for myself.

The main things i will need to work on are:

- using rehearsal time better and video more rehearsals
this will be done by getting started straight away when being given a project to do, instead of sitting about thinking of ways to structure the piece it is better to get up and do it and improvise a bit more to come across new ideas. My audition wasnt complete when it came to the time to perform it, however this could have been avoided if i had used rehearsal time better and spent a bit more time choreographing enough material to fit to the whole piece. i had focused too much on the beginning and middle sections and didnt have much time left to sort out the ending as the song was quite long.
So that i could have seen what i needed to improve on i could of got someone else to record me rehearsing the piece so that i could hear myself and see how the moves looked that i was doing, this way i could have improved the piece ready for the performance day.

- practising the song from start to finish plenty of times

As said above i focused mainly on the beginning and middle sections of the song and then seemed to run out of time when it came to sorting out the end section of the piece, because of this i was practising the beginning section a lot more than the end section and this shows in the performance when i forget lyrics and also dont do as much dance movements towards the end as i had not choreographed that part. Next time i need to make sure i focus on the whole piece and make sure i use rehearsal time better to get the whole pieced prepared and polished ready for the audition.

- overcoming nerves when singing

Nerves always get in the way when i am singing in front of an audience and this shows in my voice as it goes wobbly. i need to try to overcome my nerves a bit better and think deep breathes before going on seem to help but i will look into how i can improve on this and find away to not get so nervous and up tight before performing. I also feel if i had been more prepared for this audition i wouldnt have been as nervous.

- carry on working on breath control when singing and dancing at the same time

I have been doing singing exercises to work on my breathing and these have helped, however in my audition as i was dancing and singing a lot at the same time i ran out of breath as i forgot to breathe. i shall carry on doing the exercises to improve my breath control further so that this does not happen and the vocal performance will flow much better.

if i work on all of these aspects, next time i do an audition piece i should be much more prepared and ready for the performance.