Ok.
I need to rant.
It may not be interesting to read and probably no one is interested but I really couldn't care less.
I am bored. Very bored. And I'm so poor at the moment it's ridiculous.
I am all for going out there and looking for opportunities but what about when they're just not there? At the moment it feels like there is literally nothing to do, not a sniff of an audition or anything.
I'm not one for auditions because I hate them and it's true that most work is generated through networking and getting to know people but at the moment I feel so hungry for it that I would consider doing many auditions, but they're just not there for now.
It feels like more and more people are turning to creating their own work and opportunities because there are few that exist or even to have a go at.
I can't complain, I've done some great things and some good things are coming also, but there comes a point when you need to develop and move on. This is why I am becoming more and more interested in rep and touring companies because the work is often interesting (sometimes) and of course there is the security of a wage. It's just something I need to experience.
Yes, so it's all fine wanting to experience it but you'll be lucky if you can even get a chance to even have a go at it and show what you have to offer and quite frankly it's p****g me the f**k off because there are dancers out there who are completely worthy of doing such things, people who know what they're talking about and who are great dancers. Instead we have to waste time working in bar for a living and eating rice for dinner because there is nothing else to do and you can't afford to eat anything else.
Quite frankly it stinks, and somehow more jobs need to be created. How many people out there are being overpaid thousands for doing practically nothing or making decisions that affect everyone else (probably how much everyone else is going to be paid)?
I'm tired of wanting something that may never arrive and I'm tired of watching other dancers on stage. I would just like to do it and be paid for it myself.
Argh.
I can't even think of anything else to write because it's all the same and is generally just stupid and annoying.
There is a lot of dance in the UK, but somehow to me, it seems like there is no way to penetrate it, the door is closed and most dancers are on the outside doing plies in hope that they can come in.
C'est la merde!
