Hamburg-er in Paradise

Ok. Hamburg is a great city. If you haven't been, you should go!

I was there for three-ish days participating in a Musical Theatre Intensive Training Program with Stage Entertainment. I didn't know this before I went but Hamburg is the Broadway of Europe and Stage Entertainment is THE largest casting company on the continent. They continually cast Broadway scale productions like, Wicked, Aida, The Lion King, Mamma Mia, Dirty Dancing etc in cites all over Germany as well as in London and NYC. (For all of my darling non-theatre friends: if you are thinking "that sounds like a really big deal" you would be absolutely right!)
So, we met with and auditioned for the casting director. He was super nice. He also held a European audition workshop for us. We also had a series of masterclasses with one of the brilliant professors at Stage Entertainment and the most hardcore, butt-kicking dance classes that I have ever had. It was sad to leave.

Stage Entertainment!


One of the many, many gigantic dance studios

My classmates mid-choreo
My fabulous dance teacher and choreographer, Kati
Just a few fun things I saw...

...they really do deliver everywhere

This just made me giggle:

...I'm loving it:)

THE LION KING!!!

:) :) :)

In the main station with Brittany! (not sure what's going on with my nose here...)
On the S1 train with Rebecca:)

One of the things I found was that Hamburg has the most BIZARRO advertisements. It's darn near impossible to tell what the displays are promoting. Here's one of my favorites (Please pardon the Blair-Witch cinematography):



...aaaand what are we selling here?
Your guess is a good as mine!

Lovies!
s i d.