It’s time to face the music and dance

Celebrity culture and reality shows have dominated our television screens and newspaper column inches for the past few years and have made more and more of the younger generation want to be merely famous when they grow up.

It's obvious why the 'wag' lifestyle or celebrity status is appealing to children, but now it seems that a new craze has emerged which is bringing performing arts to the fore.

First it was High School Musical and now shows such as 'So you think you can dance and 'Glee' are giving children the desire to want to be talented singers, actors or dancers.


Glee took America by storm and now it is taking over the nation one musical performance at a time. For a show like Glee which focuses on traditionally 'geeky' children and gives them the opportunity to express themselves, it is making performing arts more than just a song and a dance.

Liverpool is a city that has produced some of the greatest musicians of all time, most notably the Beatles, which of course included Sir Paul McCartney.

Now, although he may not live in the city anymore, Sir Paul didn't leave us with just a few songs, he created The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) with past pupils including Matthew Murphy from the Wombats and Sandi Thom.

Last year they branched and created their own franchise brand, LIPA 4:19, to give children aged between four and 19 the chance to act, sing and dance.

Hopefully as the brand continues to grow alongside the next performing arts, the next name to shine in lights will be a home grown talent who can prove there is more to performing arts than jazz hands and fake tan.

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