i just have to mention, being a theater kid myself and connecting with this article very much, that we actually do end up getting a fair amount of exercise, often times simply walking/jumping/skipping around while not on stage, because there's really not much else to do.... not to mention running errands for people, running around finding people who've missed cues and stuff, and walking to and from dinner every night, which, depending on where you go, can be rather a lot of walking.... and of course there's moving the VERY HEAVY, awkward-to-carry risers, striking all the flats and heavy heavy platforms, etc, all after a two hour performance (which takes a lot out of you.... and by that point it's essentially pure adrenaline)
i know, still not at ALL comparable to a sports practice, but still.
and some of those dances (like the rufty tufty) can leave you out of breath, because they are rather active, and fairly fast paced...
and i definitely recognize i am really in no position to actually make serious comparisons of sports and theater, seeing as i have never done a sport, because i am, as you all probably well know, a theater person, and have never really done or wanted to do anything else.... (:
Just my two cents...
i just have to mention, being a theater kid myself and connecting with this article very much, that we actually do end up getting a fair amount of exercise, often times simply walking/jumping/skipping around while not on stage, because there's really not much else to do.... not to mention running errands for people, running around finding people who've missed cues and stuff, and walking to and from dinner every night, which, depending on where you go, can be rather a lot of walking.... and of course there's moving the VERY HEAVY, awkward-to-carry risers, striking all the flats and heavy heavy platforms, etc, all after a two hour performance (which takes a lot out of you.... and by that point it's essentially pure adrenaline)
i know, still not at ALL comparable to a sports practice, but still.
and some of those dances (like the rufty tufty) can leave you out of breath, because they are rather active, and fairly fast paced...
and i definitely recognize i am really in no position to actually make serious comparisons of sports and theater, seeing as i have never done a sport, because i am, as you all probably well know, a theater person, and have never really done or wanted to do anything else.... (: