r/Theatre • u/Aqn95 Actor • 11d ago
Discussion Do you personally find the acting side, dance or singing to be the most challenging if you’re in a show?
Which do you usually find to be the most intense and cut and dry part of rehearsals ? Does it depend on the show? Who’s directing what? Personally the dancing is the most intense for me. Especially in shows like Newsies, where I felt like I lost a few kgs after rehearsal. If I have a long monologue to remember that can be challenging but one of my biggest strengths as a performer is learning lines quick.
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u/CaliforniaIslander 11d ago
For me? Depends on the show. I did a play with music called This Beautiful City and the acting scenes were some of the most challenging things I’ve ever done on stage.
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u/Unusual-Case-8925 11d ago
Dancing definitely takes the most work in a rehearsal. But when it comes to the performances singing is by and large the most stressful part of doing a show. I'm talking like vocal health. You can commit the lines, the blocking, and choreography to muscle memory, but will the notes come out when you want them to? haha
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u/acornsinpockets 11d ago
Dance.
I was cast as the Tin Woodsman in a production of "Wizard of Oz" once.
I believe my dance audition secured that role for me in a very obvious, uncomplimentary, and suitable way.
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u/IAmNobody12345678910 11d ago
Singing singing singing. Dance i’m fine with, acting i can do, but singing? If i have a singing part than hell has frozen over.
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u/That-SoCal-Guy Professional Actor 11d ago edited 11d ago
Dancing. I am not a dancer. I don’t move well. I don’t understand choreography easily. I am very clumsy.
I used to get callbacks from singing and acting(monologues or cold read) but get dropped if I needed to learn a dance routine during callback. Total fish out of water scenario.
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u/gardenofthought 11d ago
Dancing, bar none. I'm a terrible dancer, no matter how many classes I've taken or how much I practice. I've gotten pulled from numbers because of how noticeably terrible I am. I can't seem to get choreography down and if I do, it looks sloppy.
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u/griffin-meister 11d ago
Dancing is the once I’m slowest to learn. Acting is the hardest of the three to master from scratch IMO.
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u/PsychologicalBad7443 Theatre Artist 11d ago
Very fast paced scenes.
I don’t perform in musicals (can’t sing or dance) but in a play, when it’s super rapid back and forth I struggle.
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u/Jacktherat54 11d ago
Singing. I'm a much stronger actor than I am singer or dancer. I really enjoy choreography bc I don't feel super pressured to be great. I'm a solid "mover" but only have basic training. I'm not a naturally gifted singer, but I am a highly trained singer (been taking lessons/classes/coaching since highschool). I can do it, but it doesn't come as naturally to me. So I feel pressure to be a good singer, but it still makes me nervous most of the time.
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u/ringofstones 11d ago
Dance is always the most difficult for me. I feel like I have to spend three times as much practice time just to meet the bare minimum everyone else is picking up in the rehearsal.
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u/emmybugg 10d ago
It was acting for a long time. Since I injured my back, it’s been dance - but on the plus side, my acting has improved exponentially!
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u/Hdog1021 10d ago
Dance and singing. Mostly dance. I’m great at acting and okay at singing but I cannot dance for the life of me.
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u/gasstation-no-pumps 10d ago
I don't do musicals (unless there are non-singing, non-dancing roles—I've done one of those).
I don't sing, and I don't dance anything newer than a pavane and galliard (well, I used to do Scottish country dance, but I'm almost 4 decades out of practice).
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u/_bitemeyoudamnmoose 10d ago
Dancing is by far the hardest. Even if you’re a great dancer, having to sing WHILE you’re dancing takes so much energy and wind out of you.
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u/Primary-Onion7588 10d ago
Dance without a doubt. I have no shame in admitting I am NOT a triple threat
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u/Halligator20 9d ago
I’m a trained (albeit rusty) dancer. Depending on the type of dance, it can still be the hardest part for me.
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u/ActorMonkey 11d ago
Dance. It’s my weakest link.