In no time at all, you’ll be up on stage telling your story to a live audience. The session will be recorded. There appears to be a lot of pressure, especially once you hear your microphoned voice boom through the auditorium speakers.
Nervous? It’s normal for performers to feel this way. Here are a few tips for working out the trauma of stage fright:
1. Let your butterflies fly in formation — Imagine them flying in some pattern in your belly. It helps.
2. Remember that your audience wants you to do well because they want to be entertained. They are on your side.
3. Pratice. Your brain forms nurological connections every time you do something, so repeat your performance over and over before you get on stage. It’s not the same to read it in your mind. You literarlly have to run through the actions (movements) of performance.
4. Breath! Air supplies oxgyen and has a calming and relaxing effect.
For this post, comment on which of these strategies might work best for you and why. Or, summarize another strategy that seems to calm the effects of stage fright.
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