I have seen a lot of people who are good singers as well dancers. But eventually most of them move towards dancing as their favorite performance on stage. Even though they may enjoy singing as much, when it comes to performances, dancing is what rules the roost.
Now, when I think of the reasons one may have for the same, the choice as dance becomes quite obvious. Lets us now consider two categories of performances in both: Solo and Group.
Solo Performances
When it comes to solo performances, a person who choses to dance will have a big edge over the person who choses to sing. My reasons for the same are:
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A solo song performer may have two options: to sing along with orchestra or with out it. If the singer choses to sing along with orchestra, it needs a lot of practise to tune along with the orchestra, to set them to your scale, else the performance is a disaster. If the singer choses to sing otherwise, he has to be a really accomplished singer, to sing without any support and yet not lose scale, or go besura.
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A solo dancer on the other hand has just one external parameter that may affect his performance - to make sure that the audio plays properly
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Somehow the audio and visual both effects impact a human brain more than audio alone. So, even average dancers some times get away with more applause than good singers!
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Singing is definitely tougher than dancing. You can always do away with being an average dancer, but singing is a different feat altogether!
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A solo dancer does not need to rehearse a lot. She just needs to know the song she is dancing on, really well. Thats the only prerequisite. However, a riyaz is a must for any singer!
So, a solo song performance needs a lot of fine tuning and depends on many more external factors than a solo dance performance!
Group Performances
A group song and dance performance both need lot of practise. Dance more because a slight mistake in coordination and the visibility is much higher! However, in a group of singers singing together - if one goes slightly off tune, it is not very noticeable! And the singers can get away with it, without someone even noticing the flaw!
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An interesting comparison. Never quite thought of it like that. I too thinking that singing in tune is very very difficult. Today if I want to be able to sing even averagely it requires more hard work than becoming an average dancer. And as for being the tops, well, thats difficult in any profession.
@Nita: Absolutely… Singing is a much more difficult feat than dancing. But, somehow the singers dont get their due as much as dancers do, which is quite sad!
Nova, I agree. Currently there is an Internet singing contest under way in my county. They call it Brevard Idol and yesterday they announced the finalists. There is one young lady Ginnette Ward who sounds very much like Judy Garland. She earned my vote.
Check it out at http:www.flatoday.com/brevardidol. It is much harder than dancing.
Good one
I think that one can get trained to become a good dancer but to be a good singer the talent/ability (read good quality voice) has to be there to begin with. Not all the people with good voice pursue singing and not all the ones who pursue singing have good voice, thus more challenging, IMO. Dancing could be a learned; Of course if one has two left feet, then nothing much can be done but this activity does not require any inner talent, just the aptitude and an ability to learn should do it.
I think singing is much more from the heart kind of a thing….sometimes a sweetness of a person can come from his/her voice and you can say for sure that the gal/girl has a good heart, dancing i agree with Kanan is a skill which can be acquired by practise…yeah there will be some natural dancers but still… apart from that singing is something which to me looks much more classy…as in u are sitting in a group of people and u can completely awe them with you singing skills but dancing - there will be people who like it and some who dont, both the dance and the way it was done
@Barb: Thats nice
And indeed singing is harder
@Kanan: I think even dancing requires an inherent talent and if you are not good at it, you wont be… You may have a lot more dancers than singers, but good dancers would also be rare… Now voice is not the only consideration to being a good singer. If you have an ear for music, your voice can be trained.
@Shyam: Singing is definitely classy and your comment relating to dance is debatable. That ways people may not like your choice of song as well… Both singing and dancing can be acquired by practise, just that singing is tougher!
Hello
i am writting to ask your permission to use one of your images in my ICT aida coursework. Thank you very much
Emily Sinton - x
@Emily: Sorry, those pictures arent mine. I do not have permission to give them to you…
We love this image of the dancers and would like to use it for our small newspaper that serves the homeless in Boston, MA. Any chance that we might be able to get your permission to run it with proper credit given?
Thanks!
Linda Young
editor
Whats Up Magazine
@Linda: Thanks but I am sorry, I am not the proprietor of this image.
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