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So You Want to Dance on Broadway

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This book is an invaluable source of information for those who want to dance on Broadway. The book is extremely informative and is written in an easy-to-read style. Broken up into sections on such topics as finding dance teachers and styles, becoming a "triple threat," whether or not to go to college, budgeting money, and preparing for auditions, the book manages to cover a wide range of information without becoming overwhelming or hard to digest. It also manages to have a tone that doesn't sugarcoat the struggle that comes with aspiring to be on Broadway, while at the same time isn't discouraging or cynical. Most importantly, the anecdotes and advice it provides from a wide range of musical theatre dancers, from those newer to the Broadway community to theatre legends like Chita Rivera and Tommy Tune, as well as the experience author Tina Paul brings to the book, give the information provided an immense amount of credibility--I mean, who better to learn about the musical theatre dance world from than Chita Rivera? This book allows the reader to learn from a wide range of experiences, not just one person's luck with the business. As well as this invaluable advice, simply reading the stories and insights that are provided by these theatrical greats is worth the price of the book alone. Definitely a must-read for any aspiring dancer!

Tina Paul a broadway dancer and veteran of many shows does a remarkable job of laying out the facts on what it takes to live in New York City and land a job on the great white way. I found this book to be extremely informative to all aspring dancers and enjoyed her comic flair in talking about getting used to living in NYC and the competitive world of broadway auditions. In the book she has assembled the advice from other well known broadway dancers and choreographers Chita Rivera, Tommy Tune, JoAnn Hunter, Graciela Daniels, Bebe Neuwirth, Luis Perez ( her husband ) among others in which I found to be very insightful on there experiences in starting out and making a career on broadway. My only dissapointment is that she did not include Nancy Lemenager who's broadway credits include the leads in Movin Out and Never Gonna Dance and who has become one of the Hottest broadway dancers out there.