There are so many aspects to think about when performing, how you are positioned, where the lighting is, how loud you need to be, what accent you are using, what your characterisation is, how you are trying to make the audience feel and these are just a few to name. However, it is extremely important to think about the body. How you are standing, your stance, your posture, the way you are facing. Each one of these changes the way the audience views you, are you snarling but standing as if one of the Royal Family, are you speaking in a Church but whispering and hiding behind yourself. It’s always important to know what reactions you want from your audience and how you want them to feel at each point of the performance. Where the changes are and what the changes are for.
“The linking of the body and the voice are important to a cohesive performance.” (Anderson, 2006) This will be a hard task to accomplish but it is a very important aspect of acting which could take a great performance a turn it into something people dread to see. To act is to use every inch of the body, your personality, your character and your strength. To exaggerate tendencies and to know that with all you can you show the audience the character you are trying to portray. This may take some time to accomplish with such a performance as mine, but with rehearsals in front of my fellow class mates I believe I will get to a point where this simply happens rather than being forced.
Anderson, M. (2006). SOLO – A guidebook for individual performance. Sydney: Currency Press, p.48.