Being a part of community theatre, I’ve acquired many skills that could be useful in a potential work environment, and in life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The base of these skills is the singing, acting and dancing training I’ve received, which are among the less useful skills. However that being said, there are aspects of each that are useful. Fist of all, dancing. Learning choreography taught me many things through my years of community theatre, and most useful of them was learning the value of a minute. When you have a choreography rehearsal, and you’re 5 minutes late, you’ve missed out on a lot of choreography already and now you have to catch up to everyone else with no explanation. And learning a dance is difficult, so when you’ve been at it for a while and you think that you’ve been going for a long time and you look at the clock and 20 minutes have gone by, you realize how much you can get done with the time you have. That’s something that I’ve taken with me in all aspects of my life, realizing that if I can sit down and work, and focus on that work, I can get a lot done quickly, or I can fit something to work on in the time between two bigger things I have to do. This has helped me in school, on the job and when I’m hanging out with friends even.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Singing and learning how to sing comes with some other life skills as well, especially if you’re singing in a group. Most noticeably is learning how to breath. And you’re thinking “I know how to breath. I’ve been doing it my whole life!” but when you’re singing (or playing an instrument) how you breath matters, and you need to pay attention to things you might not normally. Posture, inhalation, exhalation, volume, all these things affect your ability to sing and they also come in handy in life. I like most people experience periods of anxiety in my life, and knowing how to breath, how to sit and oxygenate, is instrumental in helping me stay calm or get back to calm. And volume control is something that I take with me in times of argument, to help things stay civil, when you’re aware of how loud you are and you control that, you can keep unhappy situations from getting out of control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acting and working with other people is something that everyone in theatre has to experience. Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes and taking into account their perspective, which might differ widely from your own, an understanding their reasoning behind it. Something that I think applies to all situations where you’re interacting with someone else. It’s helped me tremendously as I’m someone who often wonders and takes into account what other people think about the situations I’m a part of. It helps you to understand their thinking and decision making and makes you more sympathetic and friendly. Most of the skills you pick up through theatre are interpersonal which com in handy in school, at work, and in most ares of everyone’s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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