Being in the school play (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) has helped me see the benefit of non-verbal communication. Seeing that others are constantly watching you on the stage means you have to be totally into your character. If I budged a girly way I would reveal my true self. Melanie Rowel looked at Melissa Heck and I standing in front of her out of costume and shook her head.
"I am amazed we were able to make you two beautiful girls into nasty men! Next time we should do a play that you all can be real girls!"
After checking with a couple of people after the first performance about my actions, I realized I was giving away the fact I am a girl in real life. When we had to do some of the gestures, my movements were fluid and poised. I had to find a way to become sharp and defined without seeming fluid and dancerlike.
After fixing these movements I became a lot more believable as a boy and increased my awareness of nonverbal communications.
Monday, March 17, 2008
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