Episode 10: How a dancer prepares for a performance - Part 2: Character Development
from Lelan’s Podcast Hosted by Lelan Lewis
This is the second part of the three part series of how a dancer prepares for the performance. This episode discusses the topic of character development. In Classical Ballet believable acting is a vital necessity to a successful production. When one dancer is using the full faculties of their own imaginative processes to portray the character role, it allows for the other dancers to go into their roles easier and is enjoying and entertaining for everyone in the audience. Proper technical execution of the classical ballet step are crucial, of course. But without proper acting they are not apart of the atmosphere of the production and are just on stay showcasing step without narrative. Dancer do not talk on stage, so we must communication using our facial expressions, and body language alone for expressing situation and circumstances of real people. In the part three we will discuss stage presence. Hope you enjoyed this episode and tune into tomorrow’s episode of the Ballet Reality podcast. Thank you for listening!
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