Friday's Matinee And Evening Show

The day began with some warm-ups to help us to release tension in our bodies and to make us feel like we had more energy on the stage. We sung songs, while engaging our diaphragms and opening our mouths wide to make sure that  our voices projected across the stage. We also stretched and hummed in order to warm up our voices. When humming it is important that you feel the vibration in your lips, so that you know that you are using the correct technique and you should engage your anchoring muscles, which include the diaphragm, abdominal muscles and the back muscles.

During the Matinee, I found that we had less space on the stage as extra rows of seats were added. In the dances I had to make some of my movements a lot smaller, in order to avoid falling into The Audience. I felt that I concentrated heavily on the acting, rather than both acting and dancing. I felt that my dancing lacked energy and I found myself focusing on the dance moves more than the singing as I haven't been able to go through each dance 20 times a day, as I did before the shows began. Therefore, during my free time I went through each dance twice in the mirror, until I was satisfied with the energy I was putting into them.

During the evening show I concentrated on the acting, dancing and singing equally. Although there was a mishap during 'Let Me Entertain You', where most of the Chorus Members (including myself), missed our cue, I put more energy into the dances than in any other show so far. I need to make sure that I aim to put this amount of energy into every dance in future shows. However I do need to work on my breath control when dancing (especially in the final number). I can achieve this by doing breathing exercises before each show and in silence backstage.