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Am I too late to try to get into theater?

I'm currently going into my Junior year of high school and I have been really interested in musical theater. I have been doing musicals since 6th grade with no formal training. I am pretty confident with my voice and acting but I worry about dancing. If I tried to get training next year would I have enough by the time I'm done with college? I am hoping to get into Northwestern's theater program but I'm not sure if I'll have enough experience to get into their smaller musical theater certificate program.
#2

re: Am I too late to try to get into theater?

It is NEVER too late. Go for it all.

Training is ongoing and life long. Do what you can now and then college is just the start.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher
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re: Am I too late to try to get into theater?

Same boat. I am a bit more trained than you, but not much. I have been doing theatre since sixth grade and I take pretty intense classes at my high school (I am very fortunate to go to a high school that has a PHENOMENAL theatre department). I have been taking voice lessons for almost five years, but I have not been as into dance as I would have liked.
I am going into my junior year, and I just started ballet last year, so I have ONE year under my belt. (one class a week was all my parents could pay for).
But last night I sat my parents down and explained how important dance is, especially with college auditions around the corner, and we just started organizing dance classes for me to take. I am going to continue my intermediate ballet class TWICE a week, and I am going to take beginner tap and jazz.

I had the same worry that it is too late, but it really isnt. Just be confident and get all the training you can =)
"I told you, NO Rodgers and Hammerstein!"- Bart Simpson
#5

re: Am I too late to try to get into theater?

I think that next summer after Junior year my parents are going to let me attend a college camp of my choice. Now since I'm not big in dance yet I wouldn't really want to enter in a dance heavy camp, or should I? I kind of want a place to work on acting and voice, does anybody have any suggestions?
#6

re: Am I too late to try to get into theater?

No one expects you to be a perfect dancer right out of the gate. That's why it would be a class at a camp. You're not doing classes at SAB.

Take beginning ballet and never stop. I have said in these threads again and again (God, I sound like somebody's father. Hardly.) to take ballet, ballet and then more ballet.

Ballet teaches much more than just dance. It teaches discipline and body awareness.

Start with a simple stretch class if that's all you can get where you live. Strength and flexibility go a long way. What happens after camp? I'll tell you. You work up a class of your own and use a chair as a barre and do it yourself to keep the muscles pliable. That's what.

Don't be down on yourself for what you haven't got or don't have access to at the present time. The world is full of A-holes who are more than willing if not utterly eager, to do that for you. Find your strengths and work from them.

And for most principal roles singing and acting are more important than dancing anyway.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher

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