Preforming Qustion?

[moowithme111105]

Preforming Qustion?#0

Posted: 11/29/05 at 10:40pm

Ok, so, my school is doing this play, and i'm the main part, and i'm really nervous about, it, do any of you have suggestions on how to keep your nerves calm, if so, thanks!

[hannahshule]

re: Preforming Qustion?#1

Posted: 11/29/05 at 10:54pm

Congratulations!!!

First off, try not to obsess over the whole thing. What you need to do, is, before the show, (or when ever you're nervous) sit down and take 5 really deep breaths from your diaphram. It sounds cliche, but it really works, it focuses you.

Also, if you got the lead, the director obviously thought that you can do it, so if nothing else, sweet talk your way out of the nervousness. Things like, (I was great at rehearsal, and I'll be even better tonight! or I really have that song down perfectly)

lastly, you just have to go out there, and forget that you're performing for 100s of people, just focus on your character, and soon you'll be so into it, it'll all come naturally.

I hope that helps! What play is it?

~And let us try, before we die, to make some sense of life~

[moowithme111105]

re: Preforming Qustion?#2

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:06pm

It's a production of Annie, so yeah, i'l kinda really nervous!
Updated On: 11/29/05 at 11:06 PM

[SweetQintheLights]

re: Preforming Qustion?#3

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:15pm

exactly what hannah said.

Before I go on stage I have a panick attack. I get dizzy, I nearly barf, I get shaky and sweaty...then...

I go on stage and have the time of my life. Like, nothing ever happened. Like life is perfect.

I've tried a variety of things but obviously my body just needs that attack before going onstage. As long as I'm fine onstage, then, all is well.

I mean, what happens to me is probably not the best of all things but at least I can get on that stage and be my character.

When you are on stage you are not you (your name)...you are your character (in this case, Annie, I assume.)

However Annie feels, is how you should feel. You are not you, you are Annie.

GOOD LUCK!

"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178

[moowithme111105]

re: Preforming Qustion?#4

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:17pm

Thanks, lol, it's this Friday, so yeah, hopfully it will go good!!

[SweetQintheLights]

re: Preforming Qustion?#5

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:22pm

It's only 1 show?

"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178

[hot_brdwy_diva]

re: Preforming Qustion?#6

Posted: 11/30/05 at 2:43am

I always do the jiggly dance before I go on stage. (it's kinda like when you do the "shake it all about" in the hokey pokey lol ) Only I jump up and down and shake all my limbs. It loosens you up and get's all the tension out.

Dunno how I even started that... but it's something I always have to do.

"You just have to do what your voice tells you to do." -Linda Eder

[Lily2]

re: Preforming Qustion?#7

Posted: 11/30/05 at 11:43pm

Just remember that you are obviously the right person to do the part, and that anyone watching is there to watch you succeed...no one is rooting for you to fail.

[CostumeMistress]

re: Preforming Qustion?#8

Posted: 11/30/05 at 11:51pm

And, also, not to be a bitch, but - there's no such thing as Preforming. You're a performer.

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[hannahshule]

re: Preforming Qustion?#9

Posted: 12/1/05 at 4:29pm

The best advie i ever got was this:
"The audience wants to like you."

SO, shake your nerves out, go on and have a blast, and the audience will love you.

Break a leg tomorrow!!

~And let us try, before we die, to make some sense of life~