#bfa program

there needs to be a place where performers looking to persue a career on stage can vent. i just make myself cry looking at some skinny blonde on tiktok who has a giant social media following, involved parents who put her onstage at a young age, and a high school with a highly funded theater program who can only maybe riff and struggles through head voice. she’s good but this is the girl who will beat you your whole life, the reason you’ll never get into a top bfa program or ever have a chance in following your dream. but we stick to toxic positivity and tell young performers rejection is par for the course and that if you just work or practice hard enough you’ll get an opportunity. i’m lucky, so much more privileged than most people could dream to be and i still have nothing but my voice at the end of the day. being barred from social media and going to basically special ed school with no theater program doesn’t help that

Hello there! I know it’s the season of prescreens, prescreen results, and college auditions.  This can be such a stressful and overwhelming time, so I wanted to offer some words of encouragement! On my YouTube channel, I’m posting a series surrounding college auditions. Today I posted the first video about handling prescreen rejections! I’d love if you check it out! Next week I’ll be talking about passing prescreens and preparing for auditions! Oh, and they’re holiday themed! 

https://youtu.be/vRZqtyaC9iQ

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A safety school for MT would be one that has a higher acceptance rate!  So, some schools accept 1 out of every 1000 who audition, others audition 1 out of every 200.  The latter is obviously significantly easier to get into than the former.  But you’re right–BFA programs are going to have less “safe” options.  That’s why also picking out a BA program or two that speak to you may be a good way to give yourself those backup options, since those typically have much higher acceptance rates!

Hmmmm…  Well, if they haven’t asked you to bring anything in particular, I’m not sure if there’s anything that comes to mind that I feel is completely necessary.  If you’re taking dance classes, then definitely leo/tights/dance shoes, etc.  If you’re taking movement classes, just clothes you can move in.  Other than that, they’ll tell you your textbooks when you get to classes.  There are things that you’ll need over the course of four years-character shoes, stage makeup, etc.–but getting those now isn’t necessarily required!

I’m scared and nervous and excited EVERYTHING in one.
It’s the only program I want to get into.
Lawd a mercy.
I hope they love what I have to offer.

Followers, anybody know?

I will say, check out this link. Obviously I don’t have any personal experience with this university, but from what people are saying here, their BFA program is a scam… So just make sure you’re doing your research on their credibility, because I would hate for you to go there and then find out that their program isn’t solid.

Anxiety level is insane rn. I can’t wait for all of this to be over. Just 2 more weeks….

Hi everyone! So here it is! The final week of the first semester! I can’t believe that we’ve been at the school for an entire semester already. Like they say, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” I have made so many incredible friends during my time at TNS and so many memories. It’s sad that we are going to be apart for six weeks but I can’t wait to see my friends and spend time with family. I sure will miss those Drama kids though! :)
So this week is going to be a tad bit crazy here at the Drama School with it being Finals Week. Lots of papers and lots of tests. But never fear!! You can still come to the Drama School (151 Bank St) and get a tour this week!! But hurry quick, because starting next Tuesday we won’t be there! Our tours start at 4 PM.
ALSO, a few of the BFAs have put on their own production of Dog Sees God at the New School and it’s gonna be great. It’s suggested donation and ONE NIGHT ONLY!! So you will only get one chance to see them perform and that will be Saturday, December 14th at 8 PM at the Kellen Auditorium (66 5th Ave.) Once again, this is one night only and what better way to get a look at our program and some of the students than see the first student run production.
All right, so now I must go write some papers. Wish me luck, and happy holidays to all!!! Much love, Kimber Tai :)

I’VE DONE IT!!!  I’VE COMPLETED MY FINAL ANIMATION PROJECT AND I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED!!! 

I am also especially proud of myself for making it into the BFA Animation Program! When the list first came out and I did not see my name, it goes without saying that I was very discouraged and my spirits were low for a while. But despite that setback I continued to work hard on my animation project in my Animation 2 course. I figured that if I was not going into the animation program, I might as well go out with a bang. Then one class, Professor Aubry Mintz asked me to step outside. I wasn’t sure what was going on but then it became clear. He was telling me he noticed my art was greatly improving and that I was working like a real animator. He then told me he was considering petitioning me into the BFA program and asked me if I was ok with it. I was more than ok, I was ecstatic! Maybe not on the outside but on the inside…think Fantasia dancing animals at a party with Jim Carrey as the Mask hosted by those Kia dancing hamsters! A week later, it was confirmed and I officially made it into the BFA Program! All of my hard work has paid off and I will be learning even more in the best animation classes! I realize there will be a lot of workload and stress to come but the rewards will be more than worth it. I am grateful to my family for their undying love and support, for my friends for continuing to believe in me, and to my professors and fellow art students for their guidance. I am thankful to God for everything that has happened this semester. And for a short while before my summer course, I can let out a big sigh of relief and sleep for a week. Starting Friday.

Linklater voice work is hard.

If you have ever studied Linklater or taken a voice class (not the singing type…the speaking type), you will probably know what I am talking about.

If you haven’t, be prepared if you are planning to study theatre in college. Imagine: standing completely still in perfect alignment (or perfect posture) for an hour with your eyes closed. Most of the time listening to the instructor guide you through visualizations, but sometimes vocalizing (and by vocalizing I mean making letter sounds…not actually speaking). Some times you roll over until you are hanging over at the hips and then stay there…for a good amount of time until it hurts. Then you have to roll yourself back up which should be easy but if you are like me (and most of my classmates), your legs start shaking and don’t stop until the class ends. Then your back starts hurting and your legs are shaking and you start getting dizzy or nauseous and just when you think you can’t take it any more, you are instructed to open your eyes and walk around the space.. If you are lucky, you get to lie down and do some of the work lying on the floor. Even that gets uncomfortable though–especially when you are doing twists to open up the breath passageways. My legs fall asleep, I start getting really cold (you are laying on a wood floor in a building with no heat in the middle of winter), it starts to hurt your head. Then you get to finally stand up again and that is usually where our classes end.

All in all, it’s awful. It is painful, exhausting, tedious, repetitive, but so intensely important. It is hard to see the value in such work while you are doing it, and hoping beyond all hope that it will all just end and you can move again. But it is after the class when you can look back on the work that the value reveals itself. Such work frees the body (TENSION IS THE ACTOR’S ENEMY!) so that you are not only speaking properly, but you are open to responding quickly. Not to mention that it trains you to walk in alignment ALL of the time, which is great because you are using your instrument how it is supposed to be used, meaning that you are taking care of it and making sure you will be able to use it for the duration of your career. You can buy a new piano if you break it, but you can’t buy a new body! 

I guess the point of this rambling is to say this: If you ever find yourself in an acting class and the instructor tells you that you will be studying Linklater, be prepared. It is hard. It drains you of energy. It is probably one of the most important things you will learn in your training. 

But for now, keep calm and perform on.

Does anyone know when the Film BFA program will announce who has been accepted? I can’t find the date that it’s suppose to be announced