Finding Our Purpose

Did you know it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert in any field?  Uh huh.  Full time focus for 5 years.  Proven fact. Researched by Professor K. Anders Erickson, Florida State University.  He apparently studied athletes, musicians and chess grand-masters.  I would probably have to put Broadway dancers and members of any dance company into that category, also.  Those of us known as “dancers” (not hoofers) trained since the age of 10 or earlier — as any athlete does — to build strength, stretch and technique in our bodies to perfect our chosen craft.  The original Pippin, I’m proud …

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Nobody to Noticed

Photo taken, December, 2017, by Rehearsal Club alum, Francine Mancini, during ON AIR/On Stage, Articulate Theatre’s 1st annual holiday-themed radio play production at TADA Theater, NYC. As we move into the new year, the wave of holiday energy pushes all of us to assess where we’ve been, what we’ve accomplished — or not — and set our intentions for the changes we might want to make in 2018. Actors on the verge of throwing in the towel are constantly encouraged by experts to “stay the course.”  As Paul Davis, Casting Director at Calleri Casting said back in 2015, “slow and …

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