 the male dancer
written by kalude            on 10.06. at 21:19:26 - as answer to: Performance make-up by joy_of_dance at>Hi everyone!>I fell in love with ballet and jazz dance in my 40-ties. :)>In a week my studio will give the first performance in a local theatre.>This will be an amateur production so all the costs need to be kept minimal. Thus professional hairdressers and make-up artists cannot be hired.>The problem we encountered is how to do the make-up, theatrical make-up.>Searching on the web I found only theatrical make-up supply info.>Being a male I am especially inexperienced about it, but ladies in my group do not feel confident with theatrical make-up either.>Could anyone share a piece of advice or a good URL ?>Thanks>joy_of_dance You have to remember that stge make-up is to be more dramatic than everyday make-up. So certain colors read well on stage ie. red lips, false eye lashes, rosey cheecks. Guys are different. You want to look as natural and non pastey as possible. Mascara with a foundation and a little powder is good to start. You want to darken your facial hair(eyebrows, beard, mustache). The best website to find make-up tricks is maccosmetics.com. You might want to take all the dancers to the local MAC counter (in Macy's) and have the sales people do your makeup if you have the time. Dance Spirit Magazine also has make up looks in every issue. Good Luck Answers to this message: |
