I really enjoy singing, dancing, acting, talking in front of people, ect. I'm pretty good at it, considering how i never got in classes. I want to start playing the voilin and or the piano. Problem is my parents and grandparents won't support me. They won't let me play violin or piano, and they are forcing my future on me. They want me to do something with math, science, or literature, which i might. I'm pretty good in all fields. Ive basically gotton straight A's all my life. But theres something about about preforming arts that just hits me. My grandparents won't support me becuase they say no one blood related to me, ever studied in that field, i dont have the talent, the genes to do that. I am 13 years of age. Is it too late to learn piano/violin?Should I go to preforming arts high school?Is it too late to learn?Any tips to get my parents to see I can do something with preforming arts?
Go to a performing arts school. i do, and it was the best decision i made in my life. Or you can ask them If i get good grades, can i take piano/violin lessons? parents and grandparents always say yes.
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE!!!! And go online and just google how to read music i bet a whole bun of sites come up. and For the dancing, if there is a dance studio around, go there and see what they do, how much it costs, and how to enroll. And if your school has a drama department, join. Be in one of the shows they do and have your parents come. That's how i got my parents to support me in the preforming arts.
My teenage daughter went to a performing arts high school at 14 (and moved to a city thousands of kilometres away to do it). By going to that kind of school you will be working with equally talented and commited young people. You will gain more performing arts skills faster than is possible at a normal school. To be a successful, flexible actor you will need to learn to sing, dance and act - all three - even if you are not interested in musical theatre. If you go to a performing arts college/acting school they will expect you to study all those subjects and to become good at all of them. If you audition for acting colleges the fact that you have gone to a performing arts school shows that you have been interested in and have shown talent in the performing arts from a young age. That is always helpful. Most paid actors have college level training from well recognised institutions so the performing arts high school part of the resume is less relevant by then. You will need as much training and as much immersion in the arts world as you can get, so if you have the chance to start now I would recommend that you do it. Good luck with your plans! Remember that acting requires monumental amounts of hard work, heaps of criticism, very little praise and constant auditioning - if that's you, go for it!
