On Stage — Acting Emotions: Shaping Emotions

To project feelings to a large audience, actors must externalize internal states [4].

Using time and space to generate physical shapes that spark emotion. 🎭 Physicalizing the Emotion Acting emotions: Shaping emotions on stage

Rapid, shallow breaths signal fear or excitement [1]. Slow, deep breaths indicate calm or calculation [1]. To project feelings to a large audience, actors

Grief pulls the body inward and down [1]. Pride or anger expands the chest and lifts the chin [1]. Acting emotions: Shaping emotions on stage

The biggest challenge on stage is maintaining size without losing truth [4]. Volume does not equal intensity.

Using "emotional memory" to recall personal past experiences to trigger authentic onstage feelings [2].