English for musical theatre actors 60211100 Study manual for students of musical theatre actor

Lesson 10.
Does performer need to be able to dance to do music theatre?
Grammar:	The Past Perfect Continuous

Read the topic fluently. Search and analyze the lead main meaning of the topic and answer the question adding your views.
1. What are the main disciplines of theatre performers?
2. Do you need dance for musical theatre?
3. Why is dance important in musical theatre?
4. Does performing arts include dancing?
5. What form of dance is best?
Through dancing, singing, and acting musical theatre performers are required to be proficient in the three artistic disciplines, although in today's modern productions, there is often a requirement to incorporate other skills such as acrobatics and the playing of an instrument.
Dance is integral to Musical Theatre, and ideally, yes, everyone would start dancing by the age of two. It is never too late to start dance training - but the sooner you start, the better. Staging a musical number demands a high level of concentration, stamina and the ability to coordinate a range of performing skills. Performers in musical theatre need to be multi skilled. As well as being able to act, they are required to take part in dance routines and have the ability to sing. In the best musical plays of the theatre tradition, dances are more than simple decorations or diversions. Rather, they establish character, further plot development, and intensify dramatic conflicts. The performing arts range from vocal and instrumental music, dance and theatre to pantomime, sung verse and beyond. They include numerous cultural expressions that reflect human creativity and that are also found, to some extent, in many other intangible cultural heritage domains.
Ballet training is necessary for working in Musical Theatre because choreography is given using French terms from ballet, which you must know at auditions and rehearsals. Professional auditions go by quickly, so you need to know the lingo that the choreographer or dance captain is spitting out.