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This might be a chicken/egg type question, however...

Thu, 25 Jan 2007, 03:01 pm
SLE10 posts in thread

Just say one loves to sing and one is young and one wants to be an opera singer or in musicals or some kind of performance based career when one is older and one has singing lessons (classical) and piano lessons (doing exams for both), and one can dance a little but doesn't go to dance classes anymore because one has to eat, sleep, go to school and do other stuff as well :)

Singing teachers I've spoken to say all singers should be able to play the piano - so we've got that happening... but what about dancing? 

Who has the easier future here - a dancer who can sing a bit, or a singer who can dance a bit and also play piano? 

My daughter has classical singing and piano lessons and also swims (and she wins medals so she's not keen to give up the swimming yet and I want her to do fun stuff she enjoys, too), so at the moment there is little room for any more activity... I'm just wondering how important it is or even if it is necessary for her to go to ballet classes or something... she's not interested in becoming a dancer - she wants to sing.

Opinions... advice, etc. welcome and thank you all in advance :)

DFE

A singer

Thu, 25 Jan 2007, 09:22 pm
tends to have a longer career than a dancer. Nowadays of course they all want to be triple threats Singer Dancer Actor but if she really loves singing ... There are as you say only so many hours in the day. I would also encourage the piano playing as if she intends to go to a Conservertory when she grows up a second instrument is essential (treating voice as one) and a third couldn't hurt. Is that all there is? Well if that's all there is my friend, then let's keep dancing. www.tonymoore.id.au

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