Feb 26 2009
Performing Arts Making You Smile
I couldn’t believe it the other day when I went into college, it seems that everyone is leaving the course. When we first started the musical theatre course there were 18 people on the course, but that has now gone down to just 6 people. It hardly seems fair and the other day another person left. I just do not understand why people are dropping out like that, but when you have an course of education and people leave it makes you feel insecure. You start to wonder who else might leave and our tutor has already said that if anyone else leaves then he will leave. I just want to study performing arts and get better at acting, singing and dancing.
I have given a lot to this course and I do not want my efforts to be for nothing. I do feel as though I have learned from the course I just wish there were more people on the course than there is now.
I would advise anyone who is thinking of doing an education course to seriously consider whether they really want to do it or not before taking on that commitment. It might not seem like a big commitment, but once you have decided to do a course you need to continue it a and get the qualification. Obviously there are circumstances that cannot be helped where it is too much stress for you and you need to leave.
However I would suggest to anyone considering studying a course to seriously consider it and ask yourself if you are completely happy studying that course at college or are just tolerating it because that is what other people expect you to do.You need to really consider what you want to do career wise. Remember if you are working you might struggle with the work load. If you are young, then you have youth on your side, you could always go back into it later and take a job for now.
Perhaps you need to go out into the world and experience life a bit. Try to experience many kinds of jobs until you find something you like and want to stick at. Many people have self-doubt and sometimes you just need to take that time out before you finally make your mind up.For me I have also dropped out of educational courses because I wasn’t sure that I wanted to do that course. The only course I completed and studied seriously committing my time to it was performing arts. I tried everything to run away from the burning passion I had underneath. That passion to perform was a dream that would probably never become a reality. I tried my hand at everything and even successfully completed a few courses. I even got up to level 4 counselling until I realised that helping people wasn’t really what I wanted to do.
I then realised that I had been running from the one thing that I loved and I knew it was time to let myself chase after the dream. At least that way I would know one way or another if I could make a success of it. Although there are millions of people that want to be famous my passion is to perform even if that doesn’t lead me to fame.
As long as I am working in the performing arts industry then I will be happy. I have also learned that giving in to my dream is not entirely selfish, people go to the theatre to escape from stress and worries. When a person has enjoyed a show they go away happy and content.
By performing not only am I fulfilling that need inside I am making people happy.
