Personal performance questions

1.Describe how you want to experience your next performance. Imagine walking on stage: How do you want to feel physically? What kinds of thoughts do you want to be having? What emotions do you want to experience?
-When I walk onto stage I want to feel the stage lights touch my skin, I think about NOT falling in my heels and long gown. I want to feel elated, ecstatic, and overjoyed by the performance that is about to happen. Knowing I put in the work will show in my performance (hopefully).

  1. How would you like to come across to your audience? What image do you want to convey through your stage entrances, exits, and bows?
    -strong, confident, and happy to be on stage. I want to always acknowledge the performers I am working with, and thank the conductor or pianist.
  2. Have you recently videotaped a performance and later watched it with a mentor to discuss your stage presence? If not, when might you be able to do this?
    -Yes I have. For my senior recital I went back and listened/watched it with my private lessons teacher.
  3. How do you experience performance anxiety? Describe your specific symptoms:
    *Physical
    -My hands and feet sweat profusely, but I keep a smile while facing the audience at all times.
    *thought patterns (self-talk)
  • feelings
    -I am normally happy when I see my loved ones in the audience. The only other feelings I get is confusion when either I or my fellow actors say a line that is intended to be funny, but it isn’t recognized as a joke.
  1. Of the interventions described for handling anxiety in this chapter, which do you plan to work on?
  • meditation and deep breaths too clear my mind. Because my hands sweat so often when I am nervous its just super hard.
  1. Have you ever experienced discomfort during or after practice? What have you done as a result of feeling this discomfort?
    -Sometimes I get uncomfortable when people walk by my practice room because I try to practice how I would perform, which is full out.
  2. How often do you take breaks during practice sessions? How long are these breaks? What do you do during these breaks?
  • As a vocalist and a dancer you cant physically practice for too long to sustain good vocal health. As a dancer I just try to stretch in between if I feel I need a break. I don’t normally practice for more than 40 minutes at a time.
  1. To help ensure a lifetime of healthy music making, what else (beyond taking breaks) can you do to help safeguard your performance health?
    -staying hydrated, sleeping and eating regularly, practice how you will perform.

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