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Easy Magic - Part 2
From the introductory: FACING AN AUDIENCE.
Amateurs have often asked how to overcome nervousness before and during a performance; in other words, they have wanted to know how to face an audience You cannot face an audience properly if you are really nervous. The utmost you can do is to get through your performance somehow, but that is not facing an audience. The man who really does face an audience looks at the audience all the time, and is perfectly at ease on the stage: things may go wrong during his performance, but the man who knows how to face an audience will only smile at the accident and make the best of things on the spur of the moment. He may have an anxious time during a performance, but the expression on his face does not betray the state of his mind. The man knows how to face an audience.
How does one acquire this knowledge? Only by constant practice, and the practice must be carried out in an intelligent manner. You must learn slowly.
Begin by performing to a few friends. Accustom yourself to looking at your audience as much as possible while you are performing. When you have gained confidence in this way don't hesitate if you are asked to "show us some tricks" in a friend's house. You will find the novel conditions -- so different from those which you make for yourself in your own house -- a little trying at first, but the experience will be invaluable, to you. When you go to a friend's house quietly look around the room and decide to yourself what tricks you can do in that room if you are asked to perform. Then you will not have to hesitate and think of a program when you find it is your turn to entertain the company. As a matter of fact, you will probably find that the most suitable "stage" for you is in one corner of the room. Beware of looking-glasses!....
Amateurs have often asked how to overcome nervousness before and during a performance; in other words, they have wanted to know how to face an audience You cannot face an audience properly if you are really nervous. The utmost you can do is to get through your performance somehow, but that is not facing an audience. The man who really does face an audience looks at the audience all the time, and is perfectly at ease on the stage: things may go wrong during his performance, but the man who knows how to face an audience will only smile at the accident and make the best of things on the spur of the moment. He may have an anxious time during a performance, but the expression on his face does not betray the state of his mind. The man knows how to face an audience.
How does one acquire this knowledge? Only by constant practice, and the practice must be carried out in an intelligent manner. You must learn slowly.
Begin by performing to a few friends. Accustom yourself to looking at your audience as much as possible while you are performing. When you have gained confidence in this way don't hesitate if you are asked to "show us some tricks" in a friend's house. You will find the novel conditions -- so different from those which you make for yourself in your own house -- a little trying at first, but the experience will be invaluable, to you. When you go to a friend's house quietly look around the room and decide to yourself what tricks you can do in that room if you are asked to perform. Then you will not have to hesitate and think of a program when you find it is your turn to entertain the company. As a matter of fact, you will probably find that the most suitable "stage" for you is in one corner of the room. Beware of looking-glasses!....
70 pages, Paperback
Published January 22, 2018
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