Thread: Pushing Back My Debut

I'm so gutted at the moment. I was really set on having my debut around October-ish. But because I've just started a new job and the pay got all screwed up I'm not going to be able to afford to get my costumes sorted or set a date until, most likely, early next year!

So annoyed about this because I feel like the whole thing is slipping away from me.

Just wanted to vent that a bit

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I can totally sympathise with you there schweedie, I've had to turn down bookings for specific acts as I haven't been able to afford the costumes or props for the routines being requested. It's so upsetting.

But maybe it's a blessing in disguise, at least it gives you a few more months to practise & perfect your routine to absolutely blow your audience away when you do finally make your debut - "I can't believe that was her first time, she was amazing"

x

hang in there chick. your debut will happen at the right tiime and place for you. just keep focused and dont let the bleak times knock you. xxx

pretty much the same thing happened to me - but it meant that by the time i came to do my debut I felt sooooo ready. you obviously care enough that you would rather wait til all things are ready and perfect to do it, which is much better than throwing something together on the cheap and hoping for the best. Like Akannah said, by the time you get up on stage Im sure youll blow their minds!

I can understand your frustration! I did my debut last week and had a great time and I'm lucky enough to have a few events lined up till then end of the year. But due to work commitments there are so many things I can't do!

I keep seeing events I'd jump at the chance to do, and they are on school nights, so I can't even attend them. Plus the routine ideas come thick and fast, but the time to choreograph them and the money to buy props and fabric comes more slowly!!

All I keep telling myself is that, the burlesque scene will still be here next year, and the year after and the year after... and I'd rather be well practiced, costumed and confident then rushing out routines that I'm not happy with.

I am 100% sure that your debut will be worth the wait, for you and the audience.

xxx

Thank you guys, you've really cheered me up. I'm just feeling so frustrated because I want to start practising properly with my entire costumes and I can't even buy them yet. I can barely even buy food this month. So not impressed! But like you say, when my time comes to debut I'll be more than 100% ready for it.

Originally Posted by Twiggy StarLust

I can understand your frustration! I did my debut last week and had a great time and I'm lucky enough to have a few events lined up till then end of the year. But due to work commitments there are so many things I can't do!

I keep seeing events I'd jump at the chance to do, and they are on school nights, so I can't even attend them. Plus the routine ideas come thick and fast, but the time to choreograph them and the money to buy props and fabric comes more slowly!!

All I keep telling myself is that, the burlesque scene will still be here next year, and the year after and the year after... and I'd rather be well practiced, costumed and confident then rushing out routines that I'm not happy with.

I am 100% sure that your debut will be worth the wait, for you and the audience.

xxx

This response in particular made me feel better about my decision to push everything back a bit!

I can totally empathise with real life getting in the way. I haven't performed since May I think and that's because I do so many other things. I'm studying full time and trying to build up a good body of work to apply for an art school this year. So after May it was the big push to the end of term. Then I spent the majority of the summer abroad and wasn't even able to attend any local shows. It's even worse when I decide it's time to get a job and have to work in my free time too, but fees don't pay themselves. Since doing this course I have also given up my writing just because there isn't time - I used to publish my own zines.

I had set aside the end of the summer break to work on new routines, research music, costumes etc and was looking forward to jumping back in to performing when I am back in Glasgow regularly for my studies again. However, I now have bronchitis and have spent the week ill, and it's looking likely it will go on longer. It's so frustrating, I had so many plans and there is always the fear that I will be forgotten or that people will neglect to consider me for a show because I am not about enough and they won't recognise my name. I always think that for myself it is important to show presence and show an interest in the scene even just going to see my friends perform. I feel like I am letting myself down if I don't go to enough things or chase as many performances as possible.

I think that because this is your debut, then there is no danger of this happening to you. Just involve yourself as much as you can until then, and when you finally perform you will be ready to give your all. If it helps, very often I have the concept of an act and all the costume/items in my head, and use a substitute item until the real thing arrives or can be made by myself.