Strangely enough, I’ve been all of those things in my modest career. I say strangely because, well, I’m not exactly someone you’d call…a dancer. And typically it takes a dancer’s brain to be a swing, but there are shows where we all get to “park and bark,” and I managed to swing one.
Let’s backtrack a little. First of all, what’s the difference?
Typically, an understudy is a performing member of the ensemble, who covers other larger roles, perhaps even the lead. A standby is usually someone
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