Riverdance Star Amymae Dolan Shares TIPS for Dancers on how to NAIL your stage presence!
Stage presence can be a mysterious thing, sometimes we watch a dancer walk on stage and we are immediately captivated, sometimes not realising why.
A dancer’s stage presence draws your eye and makes you excited to watch them; it also makes it very hard as an audience member to stop watching them!
When deciding to write about stage presence it got me thinking about specific dancers I adored observing, what had they all in common? Somehow by only watching them on stage I felt like I had an insight into their own individual personality and that I believe is one of the most important aspects of stage presence - allowing your unique identity to come through in your performance.
We often question whether stage presence is inherited, an innate power which we would all love.
In some ways this is true some dancers seem to naturally ooze a presence on stage whilst others must spend time developing and perfecting it. The good news is that, finding your individual stage presence when you don’t think you have one is very possible. One of the main aspects in which we can all, always grow is CONFIDENCE.
Pictured: Amymae during her competitive dancing days
As dancers, a lot of us have a great confidence in our every day lives. Dancing in-front of audiences and competing often helps us grow a confidence which has so many benefits to our lives outside of dance. However, put us in a large group of dancers and those with a strong belief in themselves and a greater confidence will stand out from the crowd.
There are many things we can do in our training to develop our confidence.
First being very comfortable with your choreography and believing you worked your very hardest. Also, knowing you have a strong stamina to get through an entire dance at the best of your ability and having adequately prepared your mindset so that nerves as well as other factors will not effect your confidence are all important in ultimately having a strong stage presence.
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Pictured: Morgan holding her WINNING design!
Keltic Storm Design’s lead designer Carl Kennedy and his team are exceptionally impressed with the talented young designers and especially Morgan Williams!
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