Making a musical 16: Back on the horse!

As you may be able to surmise from the title of this blog, things are back on track for me in the world of musical theatre!
Last night's class was an incredible improvement from the previous week. My voice was much better, louder, in tune; and my dancing was also a lot better (although my Hairspray routine still needs a lot of improvement). What made it exceptionally great however, was the fact that the boys (yes, us) had the opportunity to do a dance of our own, and guess what it was... the Linde Hop! A dance I very much loved from beginners class last semester. In fact, it's the same routine we did from that class, so I already knew it, which was a bonus.
Obviously, in my current condition, I could not do the lifts, but when I'm better (hopefully by the show), I'll have no problems doing those either.

It's so nice to be able to do a dance that's remotely technical. After moving down to the simple dance routine (to be alongside the other guys), I've been feeling rather underused (this coming from the guy who completely refused to dance a few months ago). I think I have a lot more to offer, dance-wise, and if you see the routine I'm doing now for the beginning of Joseph... well... I don't find it challenging at all; and I was seriously starting to get a bit bummed out.
BUT, now with the Linde Hop, I feel there has been some justice at last.

Singing-wise, the auditions for the next male parts are next Monday, which is when I'll be auditioning for the Jamaican-esque segment from the Joseph Megamix; and I'm considering perhaps trying out for the Edna part from Hairspray - but I seriously need to work on my voice for that... I have a week. I have no problems auditioning for singing, even though I know I'm not a great singer; I just hope the same thing as last week doesn't happen again.

But all in all, I'm quite happy. Last night's class left me on a high, which is what it should have done - which is what I missed after the previous class. So now, onwards and upwards. Bring on next week!