My 8-year-old daughter recently joined our rink's ice theater team and they will be performing at a show in a couple of weeks. The costumes are taken care of, but I have a total noob question about the makeup for the performance.
What sort of makeup should we use? Theatrical makeup, drugstore brands, or ?? They are fairies, and she will be wearing a black skirt and wings with a white leotard (all the fairies have different colored skirts/wings).
(Also, please feel free to move this question to a different board if it's not the right place for it)
Thanks!
Theatrical makeup. Bright lights. Reflected back from white ice will overwhelm anything from the makeup counter.
I once put on enough makeup to look like a two-dollar whore and my dance coach told me I would need more.
I'd ask the coach. We don't do ice theatre but our Christmas show is a show and not a gala. The coach/director tells us what makeup to use. They may have a specific idea so all the fairies look similar.
Quote from: fsk8r on March 26, 2014, 01:41:12 AM
I'd ask the coach. We don't do ice theatre but our Christmas show is a show and not a gala. The coach/director tells us what makeup to use. They may have a specific idea so all the fairies look similar.
Agreed. If this is a group number, the coach should be dictating the makeup look to make sure the group looks cohesive.
Agreed on the "ask the coach" advice.
But anything involving bright lights will need something a bit more than the over-the-counter makeup. I use theatrical makeup, Ben Nye, for anything where there is true stage lighting. Any basic book on Stage Makeup will provide a good primer on how to apply, and a little glitters on the eyes never hurt anyone. It usually doesn't read from forty feet away, but it's fun anyway!