linos
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| 08/26/2007 3:55 AM |
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how about you?are you shaking?are you relaxed?if i perform for many people i am always shaking in the beggining
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Ash Ketchum
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| 08/26/2007 6:46 AM |
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| At first I am shaking when I perform Magic trick. Not I am get used to it, I am not shaking anymore. There are times that I shake because I don't want people to get my magic busted. |
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PalaceGuard
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| 08/26/2007 7:14 AM |
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Sometimes those nervous feelings may actually be feelings of excitement! |
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DanteAmor
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| 08/26/2007 8:47 AM |
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| nerves are good, they keep you on your feet. |
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Strings
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| 08/26/2007 10:24 AM |
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| I always get nervous , like hardcore...like a man Thats cold..thats how much I shake |
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linos
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| 08/26/2007 12:48 PM |
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| yeah i agree that nervous is good but i agree with strings that i can shake like it is cold sometimes!but i get used to it |
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Night
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| 08/26/2007 6:02 PM |
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They will go away in time... I don't remember the last time I got the shakes before a show. Now I just worrie about how many people I will get at a show and will it be enough for a house payment lol
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manipulator
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| 08/27/2007 11:37 PM |
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I only get nervous when I perform for people I don't know. but I get used to it later on in my performance.
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bushinmarcos
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| 09/27/2007 1:29 PM |
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| i used to shake aloud, enough to screw up my tricks but after a while it whent away |
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8LAK
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| 09/27/2007 5:20 PM |
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| I am only nervous while performing either a brand new trick, or a trick like the Hummer card, in front of an audience. Once while doing the Hummer, someone jumped on me and snapped the string. Other than that I am ussually quite relaxed when doing magic in front of people I don't know. It just takes a lot of practice and experiance. |
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Cardin
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| 09/28/2007 8:05 PM |
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the best way to conquer the nervousness- practice the effect over and over again, and even then, keep practicing it! I used to get so nervous on a lot of my stuff, but the more often I performed it, I noticed the less I got nervous.
So basically, all it takes is practice and having faith in your abilties. |
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Alex
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| 01/28/2008 7:27 AM |
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i was reading the q&a section on David Blaines website and someone asked him how to overcome nerves.
He replied saying you should act nervous and that will have the oppisite effect. ie. when you try and go to sleep you cant sleep and when you try and stay awake you fall asleep!! This doesnt work for me but i thought you might find it interesting.
On youtube you actually see blaine using this method:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLKL17-_K2Y
(the part in the hard rock cafe)
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Aus
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| 07/09/2008 8:32 PM |
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Hi linos
This is what I hope to be first in a series of articles that details practical examples in managing stage fright that I’m in the process of writing at the moment. These will hopefully appear on visions and other web sites in the next few days. I just won’t to point out that this is only a rough draft, so please forgive any spelling mistakes, punctuation and grammar issues as I have not had the time to go over it with a fine tooth comb.
However I thought you might appreciate it now.
Managing Stage Fright (Part 1)
One of the many facets of our art has always been the perceptions, ideals, trends and the many out side influences of human society that one way or another has directly or indirectly affected the way magicians have performed their magic. During the Victorian era ghosts and sprites fill the thoughts of many people and therefore sprite cabernets and sprites slates and other related effects with supernatural themes filled the repertoire of magicians of the day. It’s still not surprising to see this influence today.
Fear or things that are certainly associated with it we still use such as needle through arm, to big time stage illusionists like David Copperfield who Houdini style is suspended above on burning ropes above razor sharp spikes. Fear is certainly not a new comer to the performing arena of magicians and we are certainly not beyond using it to our own ends, but as long as it’s working for us, not against us.
It’s’ rather ironic then on a real level we are all very much in the same boat in terms of dealing with it as with any other human being. Mostly talked about by those stepping on the stage for the first time but never the less is felt by the new and experienced alike, stage fright presents us with a number of variable obstacles that regardless of who you are, we all have to face and deal with.
We’ve all heard famous and accomplished actors, politicians and television presenters banging on about how it’s good to feel nervous that we need a certain amount of extra adrenalin pumping round to make us perform at our best. That’s all very well for them. The difference is that they know how to handle it and we ordinary bods simply don’t.
So how do you stop your mouth going dry, your tongue gumming up, your hands shaking like jelly and your voice sounding like that of a 90 year old with a sore throat?
Maybe one aspect by now is that you should have done all your preparation on your act and honed it to a veritable work of art. Keep reminding yourself that you’ve done all the groundwork and that should help a bit. But some how, it’s easier said then done, so rather then give you very simplistic answer to a rather complicated problem, I hope to ravish off some advise that my serve to control those nerves and hopefully turn you into to a fully functioning performer.
The first stage to managing fear is to determine what you’re afraid of and to do this you need to use what’s called the fear finder. This process is I gained from the book “Fear is Power by Anthony Gunn” which if you want to add a non magic book to your collection that will affect the way you perform I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Anyway, back to the fear finder. Don’t worry; it’s not as daunting as it sounds and it doesn’t require you to get some divining rods out and point them towards your head but rather being honest with your self and applying the following three steps.
Step 1: Accept fear as normal
Step 2: Identify the problem situation.
Step 3: Assess your fear in relation to the situation.
Sounds simple doesn’t it? But there’s more to this then what meets the eye.
Fear is Normal
Although fear may not affect use in the most desirable way it does exist for a viable reason, and that is to protect us. Fear stops us from getting to close to the edge as not to fall to our impending death, or get in situations that could potentially harm us. Fear in a way is a protection mechanism to keep us from harm.
The first obstacle is to dispel the belief that fear is evil and destructive. Although it may be destructive at times it sure wasn’t designed this way and for this in mind. When it comes to fear it comes down to two types of people, those that are ruled by fair and those that rule it, and hopefully by reading some of the following you may become the later.
Identify the Problem Situation.
For magicians this is mostly the act of performing for the audience that strikes dread into the very core, but it’s something a lot more then that, you have to ask yourself what I’m REALLY afraid of. Is it a heckler? Is it dropping a card during a crucial point in your manipulation act? Is it forgetting the words you have to say? In fact it could be anyone or more of these. Take the time now and think about what it is that strikes the fear in you as a performer and you will have all ready come half way with dealing with your fear.
Finally be honest with your self, your not cheating anyone else but yourself if you choose to be less so.
Assess your Fear in Relation to the Situation.
Controlling yourself and your environment is a sure way to help control fears to particular situations. In the above ensamples how about studying some heckler stopers that will add creditability to you, well taking the wind out of the sales of the perpetrator? Could you remedy the fear of dropping a playing card at a crucial stage of your act by employing a safer method or eliminating that aspect entirely? Would employing a script and memorizing it word for word keep those words cemented in your head?
The Greater the control you have over aspects that you hold influence over can majorly affect the out come of the fears you hold coming true. Deducing the risks however will require you to consider the worst which to some might be considered as destructive and self-defeating, but is in fact to the contrary by considering your fear in relation to what you can do about it and therefore ticking it off the list, resulting in increasing confidence.
To view some aspects of what you can practically do which in away echoes much of what I said, you can gain some help in managing your fear from the following article:
http://www.online-visions.com/other/0707spotlight.html
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