Do you have to have dance training to be in opera productions?

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone out there has done opera productions before either in school or professionally and knows if you have to have dance training, what kind, how much, etc. to be in opera productions.

Do you have to have dance training to be in opera productions?nintendo ds browser

to be in good shape as a singer, it's wise to have some sort of sport to rely on. Since dancing is also a stage activity, it usually fits the bill. I'm a professional opera chorus member, and there have been plenty of shows where we needed to be fit, climbing over the scenery, or racing up a ladder to the second level of the stage set, not to mention ballroom dancing for the operettas. It doesn't hurt to be familiar with some of the basic dances, and, gosh, it's fun!

Keeping up your health is also good insurance of keeping a healthy voice, so indulge in the sport of your choice.

Best wishes and keep on singing

Do you have to have dance training to be in opera productions?windows 98 internet explorer

There isn't much dancing involved in opera, as the singers need to keep their breath. It really depends on the show if there's dancing.
I haven't been in an opera, but from what i can gather, you're either a dancer, a singer, or an actor. You just need to find out what the parts in the show are and know what your strengths are. Usually the dancing is left up to the dancers and if you can't dance you just don't go to the dance auditions.

If you do dance, most likely they will be doing ballet, unless it's like a rock opera or something more uncommon.
No, you don't need dance training to be either a star or in the chorus of an opera production, but some movement training wouldn't hurt, considering the nature of contemporary opera production (unless you're playing Salome in Strauss' opera of the same name). The opera world has come a long way from having large-sized singers stand onstage and move as little as possible. Contemporary productions are arguably much more athletic--I've seen Musetta's voguing atop conference tables, Salome's stripping down to nothing, and sailors climbing into the rafters on rope nets. In a nutshell, no required dance training, but be prepared for a lot of physical activity.
There are a couple that really require dancing, like West Side Stories, but mostly not. Still, if you're young and have the chance, it is great to have. Opera's side profession, Broadway, does require a lot of dancing, and even if you don't use it in operas- the movements and feeling the weight of the body becomes strongly tied to aspects of singing... so it can be very benifitical