1. Rodenburg defines presence as the thing that allows experiences to happen and is crucial to survival. It is something that comes from truly being in a moment and it connects you to the rest of the world.
2. When others are not being present with you, you can feel it. It feels like being ignored and there is no connection between you and the other person or people around you. It can be lost when people don't care to maintain a relationship, want to keep to themselves, or even when people have a lot on their mind and have a hard time focusing on what is happening right now. Even technology now is distracting us from being present.
3. The first circle is when you are completely inward and keeping to yourself. It tends to be limiting but can also be good for reflection and introspection. I tend to find myself in this circle when I am becoming upset or stressed out. I lose my focus on everything else and usually want to be alone. It is easy to push others away and sink into my first circle when I feel like that.
4. The third circle is like being a fake version of yourself. You are pushing your energy outward, but almost too much and not in a true manner. It is like shielding yourself from letting people see the real you. I know I have done this before at times when I've met new people. It is easy to be overly nice and enthusiastic because it almost seems like it will make the new people like me better. Of course that is not necessarily true, but I find myself in this circle in those situations at times.
5. The second circle is when you are giving and receiving the right amount of energy, it is when you are most present and responsive. You truthfully react. I have definitely been in this circle when performing. I would say I have felt myself truly here most often when dancing. Performing in dance competitions especially will allow me to reach the second circle without me even having to think about it because it happens so naturally.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
1. I am taking this class because it is required for me, which leads into the next question..
2. I am a theatre major with a performance concentration.
3. I wouldn't say I am an introvert or an extrovert..I am going to sort of dodge the question by saying I am an ambivert. I read a really great Buzzfeed article about it and realized that is exactly what I am because I have qualities of both extroverts and introverts and do not think I am mostly one or the other. Here's the article that enlightened me. http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/ambiverts-for-the-silver#.xnEEPpz4Ep
4. Of course I am interested in acting and dancing and such, as my major calls for it. But outside that I am a huge nerd, and I love reading and science and learning about history.
5. In a specific sense, to me presence to me is when you can walk in to a room full of people and say or do nothing, yet you automatically grab everyone's attention because you have presence. In terms of stage presence I would say I have "it" for the most part. With theatre a huge part of my life since I was young I've worked a lot on having presence.
6. Like many people I am not 100% confident with my body. However I do feel that it is the only one I was given and will ever be given so I need to accept and work with who I am and how I move.
7. I have also danced my whole life so I have confidence in the way I move in that sense. I usually feel confident with the way I move onstage, just in general. I tend to have big expressive movements and talk with my hands so I do not usually have a big problem with awkwardly moving while I'm onstage.
8. Almost contradicting myself, I am also very self conscious on the way I move when it comes to dancing. I know I just said I was confident, but it constantly goes back and forth between feeling so confident with my movements and knowing what I am doing is right, and feeling completely awkward and wrong.
9. I hope after this class I understand more about how to move naturally onstage. I am also excited for the yoga, I hope to get a lot out of that as well because I have always wanted to try it and never really got around to it.
10. In five years I will hopefully be out of college, unless I change my major or really do something to mess up.. I hope to be in a city with my best friend who also studies theatre, trying to get ourselves out there. In ten years I hope I am successful. Even if I am not acting or have got a good break somewhere I hope to be in the field somehow. If dreams come true I will have enough money to be living in New York. Guess we will see!
2. I am a theatre major with a performance concentration.
3. I wouldn't say I am an introvert or an extrovert..I am going to sort of dodge the question by saying I am an ambivert. I read a really great Buzzfeed article about it and realized that is exactly what I am because I have qualities of both extroverts and introverts and do not think I am mostly one or the other. Here's the article that enlightened me. http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/ambiverts-for-the-silver#.xnEEPpz4Ep
4. Of course I am interested in acting and dancing and such, as my major calls for it. But outside that I am a huge nerd, and I love reading and science and learning about history.
5. In a specific sense, to me presence to me is when you can walk in to a room full of people and say or do nothing, yet you automatically grab everyone's attention because you have presence. In terms of stage presence I would say I have "it" for the most part. With theatre a huge part of my life since I was young I've worked a lot on having presence.
6. Like many people I am not 100% confident with my body. However I do feel that it is the only one I was given and will ever be given so I need to accept and work with who I am and how I move.
7. I have also danced my whole life so I have confidence in the way I move in that sense. I usually feel confident with the way I move onstage, just in general. I tend to have big expressive movements and talk with my hands so I do not usually have a big problem with awkwardly moving while I'm onstage.
8. Almost contradicting myself, I am also very self conscious on the way I move when it comes to dancing. I know I just said I was confident, but it constantly goes back and forth between feeling so confident with my movements and knowing what I am doing is right, and feeling completely awkward and wrong.
9. I hope after this class I understand more about how to move naturally onstage. I am also excited for the yoga, I hope to get a lot out of that as well because I have always wanted to try it and never really got around to it.
10. In five years I will hopefully be out of college, unless I change my major or really do something to mess up.. I hope to be in a city with my best friend who also studies theatre, trying to get ourselves out there. In ten years I hope I am successful. Even if I am not acting or have got a good break somewhere I hope to be in the field somehow. If dreams come true I will have enough money to be living in New York. Guess we will see!
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