Performance Quality

Performance Quality is essential if a dancer wants to work on stage or be a performer. To be a performer you need a passion for what you are doing. As well as that, you need to love what you are doing and want to do it, otherwise it will come across to the audience that you don't want to be there. This means they will no longer be engaged in your performance.

To practice performing, I can perform to my parents and friends to get used to people watching me. The training exercise I will do is film myself and watch it back and then I can see all the things I did well, as well as highlight the areas I need to improve on.

Dancers need to have engaging facial expressions and good eye contact. You need to transmit emotion through your eyes, and need to be able to connect with the music through your own personal experiences or think of what the words mean and transmit your take on it to the audience. Dancers need to know how to change their mood to the style of dancing and the song. Facial expressions are also important as it tells the audience about the dancers personality and changes the mood of the person watching. For example if it was an upbeat song, you would smile and project happiness to your audience. It could also be a funny song where you could pull silly faces and make the audience laugh. But if it was an emotional lyrical you would  have to project emotional through your eyes and not have a big smile on your face. Even if you are not smiling you need to show you are aware of your surroundings, and awake through your eyes as this is just as important as facial expressions.

I need high levels of energy to make the audience want to watch me, dancers need to start and finish with the same amount of energy and this means they also need to eat foods which can give them energy. This shows being a dancer is a around the clock job. Dancers should already have enthusiasm and love what there are doing to make it interesting; they should have the same amount of energy even if there is only one person watching.

To be a great dancer you need enthusiasm. I will have to want to work hard to be the best that I can be. This means being motivated to go to lessons or rehearsals, and working hard. Even if you’re not dancing you should keep your fitness levels up just by doing other activities like running, or going out for a fast walk. You need to have high levels of fitness to be able to keep going through a routine, and not to fall short half way through. By having enthusiasm will help me to be a great dancer and keeping going for what I want to achieve and make working hard easier as its what I want to do.

To be a better performer I will need to practice the dances full out with the facial expressions, eye contact and good technique. This will allow me to be more prepared for preforming. Knowing the routines inside out will allow me to focus on the performance side, instead of worrying what comes next.

So to be a good performer I will film myself, ask friends and family to watch me, have good facial expressions, good eye contact and high energy levels.