How long has everyone been studying singing, dancing, and acting?

just wondering b/c i've newly become interested in it, & i'm about 98% sure that it's too late to start learning how to sing dance & act from scratch.

however, i thought i'd ask how many years other people have been at it, & how long everyone thinks is needed before auditioning for broadway.

I started dance lessons when I was 3, so 18 years.
Started singing in choirs when I was 4
Violin when I was 4
And acting lessons when I was 8

Go for it, awesome! Start singing lessons and dancing. Just start with beginner ballet and go from there. It's never too late to start. Just stay focused and you can do it!

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I started dancing when I was 12 and I'll be in the top level at my school (out of seven levels) next year, and if I was still at my studio, I would be in the top ballet class. Don't worry about starting late.

(And I've been singing since I was 12 or 13, and I've never had formal acting training, which is probably why I suck.)

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What would you recommend for dance studying? like for broadway, what's the best style to become an "expert" in? ballet, jazz, tap?

awesome, start with ballet and tap. Do jazz when you've finished about a year of ballet.
Ballet is good for the technique.

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Updated On: 5/1/06 at 08:25 AM

Ive been singing for sixteen years and acting for 9. Ive danced for 5

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I'm 13 and I really want to start dance but the only dance offered around here is like hiphop to rap music, not exactly Broadway style.

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This is kind of random but here goes. I do a lot of Jazz and Theatre Jazz. My P.E. unit right now is African dance, and it is AMAZING the influence that African clearly had on Jazz, and I LOVE the class, so now I'm looking for a good African dance class. There's is so much energy involved, it's so great.

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Six years of voice
Four of acting
No dance!

Started everything as a High School Freshman, so about 4 years.

Singing - 12 years
Dancing - 10 years
Acting - 11 years

its a great way to spend your time though so i would reccomend giving it a shot if your interested

I started dancing when I was around 3. So about...11 years or so. I take ballet, ballet partnering, theater jazz, lyrical, and tap. I have always been in chorus but never took a singing lesson. Ha, i'm not a good singer, but I will probably start some lessons in the summer to get by at an audition. I love to act, but I don't consistently take acting classes. Last summer I took a month or so of classes, but that's really it. I would love to continue them! (time is an issue).

Awesome-It's never too late to start something. Definitly start out with ballet. That is the basis of every single type of dance you will take, and you need it (technique etc.). If wanted to do tap, I would start right away in a beginner class and work your way up depending on how easily you pick up the steps. The first few weeks might be tough, but don't give up! Keep trying and work your hardest!


For those of you who take tap, do you take rythem or broadway style tap? I do broadway style.

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