Musical performer
The actors in a musical stage performance or in a film musical are referred to as musical actors or musical actors . Musical performers combine the three classic branches of theater - spoken theater , dance theater / ballet and music theater - in one person with their skills in acting , dance and singing .
Positions within a production
A distinction is made between actors according to main and supporting roles and the ensemble .
Jumpers can either be classical second casts for a role ("stand-by" or "cover") or take part in the performances as part of the ensemble ("swing").
Dance Captain
A dance captain is responsible for rehearsing the dance movements in musicals. The dance captain supports the choreographer and works for the artistic director. After the premiere, the choreographer is usually no longer present at the production. The dance captain then takes over his duties, supervises rehearsals and instructs new ensemble members.
Educational institutions with training as musical performers in German-speaking countries
Until the 1990s there were hardly any training opportunities for musical actors in the German-speaking area. The German musical stages were firmly in the hands of American performers. Since then, state-recognized diploma courses with a standard study period of 8 to 9 semesters in the field of musicals, as well as many paid training courses at private schools, have emerged. The timetable usually includes basic training in acting, ballet, modern dance , jazz and tap dance , individual singing and choral ensemble work . There are also music theory , musical and theater history and movement theory.
The Joop van den Ende Academy was a private vocational school in Hamburg from 2003 to 2016 . At the largest private musical school, Stage School Hamburg , it has been possible to train to become a certified musical actor since 1985. The state-recognized Stage & Musical School Frankfurt was the oldest private musical school in Germany from 1976 to 2018. Since 1990, at the University of the Arts a eight-semester diploma program "Musical / Show" for graduate musical performer . The Folkwang University of Applied Sciences in the Ruhr area also offers eight-semester musical courses with a diploma as a stage actor . Since autumn 1996 there has been a musical course at the Bavarian Theater Academy in Munich. There are around 300 applicants each year for the eight to ten study places. Since August 2008, the Dance & Arts Academy in Mainz has offered three-year musical training leading to stage maturity. There is a course in musical entertainment theater at the Conservatory Vienna Private University . A number of recognized musical performers have also emerged from the Performing Center Austria in Vienna .
Known musical performers in the German-speaking area
The female musical performers known in the German-speaking area include Katja Berg , Vera Bolten , Pia Douwes , Carin Filipčić , Maya Hakvoort , Elisabeth Hübert , Milica Jovanovic , Jessica Kessler , Renée Knapp , Angelika Milster , Anna Montanaro , Melanie Ortner , Lucy Scherer , Roberta Valentini , Annemieke van Dam , Willemijn Verkaik and Sabrina Weckerlin .
Well-known male musical actors in the German-speaking world are Jan Ammann , Oliver Arno , Thomas Borchert , Claus Dam , Mathias Edenborn , Bruno Grassini , Dominik Hees , Dennis Henschel , Alen Hodzovic , Thomas Hohler , Jerzy Jeszke , Serkan Kaya , Alexander Klaws , Kevin Köhler , Uwe Kröger , Oedo Kuipers , Marcus G. Kulp , Norbert Lamla , Martin Markert , Alex Melcher , Chris Murray , Sven Niemeyer , Iwan Oschogin , Markus Pol , Drew Sarich , Gian Marco Schiaretti , Mathias Schlung , Christian Schöne , Mark Seibert , Patrick Stanke , Peter Stassen , Matthias Stockinger , Kevin Tarte , Milan van Waardenburg , Dirk Weiler , Richard-Salvador Wolff and Anton Zetterholm .
literature
- Barbara Walden, Götz Hellriegel (translator): Life upon the wicked stage. Training as a musical performer . Kallmeyer publishing house, Seelze-Velber 1998, ISBN 3-7800-0112-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dance Captain | Definition. Accessed on July 18, 2020 (German).
- ↑ musical / show. University of the Arts Berlin, accessed on December 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Goals. Stage School Hamburg, accessed on December 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Studies. University of the Arts Berlin, accessed on December 27, 2019 .
- ↑ musical. In: folkwang-uni.de. Retrieved December 27, 2019 .
- ↑ musical. In: theaterakademie.de. Retrieved December 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Musical education. In: dance-arts.de. Retrieved December 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Musical entertainment theater. Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna, accessed on December 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Professional musical training. Performing Center Austria, accessed on December 27, 2019 .