Stage presence exercises12/31/2022 ![]() ![]() Whatever you do, you have to make something. There won’t be anything special about your performance. If you don’t have stage presence, people won’t think there’s anything to watch. Dance always starts with imitation but you have to get beyond it. All the other things you have may be for naught if there’s no presence about. It’s what makes people follow you where you are going to lead them. It’s the ability to perform to an audience. Pattie Obey, Master Teacher/Choreographer Stage presence to me is when the whole body, head to toe, is at its highest point. Susan Quinn (Williams), Associate Professor at University of Arizona School of Dance, Master Teacher & Choreographer I don’t always buy ‘she/he hasn’t got it’. But I find that people who do not have that strength can work through the quality of the movement, how to sustain moments, and can actually look more interesting. ![]() ![]() I find from my experience that some people have star quality they get on stage and people look at them. Thomas Lund, Principal Dancer Royal Danish Theatre Ballet There’s not an ‘x’ factor that you can read about in a book and get. It’s about displacement the amount of water you spill out of the bathtub. Matt Kent, Associate Artistic Director Pilobolus Even if the students smile, it’s not necessarily stage presence. I think most people would believe that it is a smile or a personality on a stage, but to me, stage presence is being able to express an emotion that is felt by the audience it’s more from the gut. It’s when you transform yourself and the audience says, ‘wow, that’s amazing’. Stage presence is dancing in a relaxed manner from your heart. Homer Bryant, Founder & Director of Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center, The School of Homer Hans Bryant To answer this question Dance Informa spoke with six leading professionals whose careers have spanned performance, choreography and direction in a variety of dance genres. What is it, how important is it, and can it be trained? Some call it star power, others say it’s an innate quality of the soul. ![]()
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