i need some tips to avoid stagefright?

Answer 1

hey hun,
stage fright is a common thing. you have to try and get the fact that you have an audience out of your mind.
I'm a drama major, so i did plays all thorughout high school and now university. I remember the thing that helped me most was just by being silly backstage. I mean really silly, I can remember me and my bestfriend running backstage in our underwear hitting each other with towels.
By the time i was on stage, i was lauging inside, takes my mind of the audience, and still am able to remember lines.
If you picture people naked, there is always a hot person in the first row that will make you a little more nervous.
hope this helps
xoxoxox

Answer 2

Only Tony above has any real good advice about stagefright. You can forget all the others, except the suggestion about Toastmasters which is a good one. I think even Tony is a little vague about what to do and how to to it. So here is my advice: If you are properly prepared, fully rehearsed, lines down cold, then you have will nothing to fear. If you are in front of an audience, it is important to love that audience and share with them. So love being up there. Experience, experience, experience! That is the key. When it is part of the regular routine, it is not scarey! It is fun and you can't wait to get out there and enjoy it.

Answer 3

When it gets tough, take a breath. A big one, if necessary. The oxygen to your brain will help you think more clearly. The crowd will wait.

Also, lots of people are sympathizing with you while you're in the spotlight, just ask a few about it afterwards. In my experience, once you know people are sympathizing (and therefore pulling for you) it's a lot easier to relax. You may consider joining toastmasters (www.toastmasters.org) . That really helped me get past stagefright. They are so nice there!

Answer 4

Hi there!

You definitely have to believe in yourself. But I realize it’s easier to say than to do, so I will try and explain it to you better.

What's really important is that you first of all are as well prepared as you possibly can be. Practice and make sure you know your stuff!. Practice. Practice. Practice. That alone will help you to feel more confident.

There is something else that your drama classes and your teacher can help you with and that is a concept called ‘public solitude.’ If you can, take a GOOD acting class. (If you are an actor, you should be taking regular classes anyway.) They will teach you that. You learn how to develop public solitude, which is really feeling comfortable in any situation and being able to block out everything around you and focus solely on ‘being’ the character you are interpreting and on your scene partner. The exercise and acting classes in general will help you to feel more comfortable in front of people while performing.

Something else that is crucial is that you need to focus on what you want and not on what you don't want. You need to focus your mind on what being focused and comfortable in your scene will be like and not on the things you are afraid will happen if you mess up.
Why? What will that do for you? Let me give you an example.

If I tell you right now, "Don't think about a yellow elephant! Don't think about it!"

What's the first thing that comes into your mind?

You don't have to tell me, because I already know. It's the yellow elephant isn't it? Why is that? Because that's how the human brain works. That's how your brain works. In order to forget something, our brain first has to understand what it is supposed to forget. How does it do that? By first bringing it to the forefront and creating an image around it.

So what does that have to do with your feeling comfortable while speaking? Everything!

If you tell yourself before you go into the audition or during any performance itself things like; "I hope I don't mess up. I hope I don't get nervous. I hope I don't forget anything. I hope I don't freeze in front of the group.", you are putting yourself in a position to think about what you don't want. Your imagination will go there and recreate that image of all those negative things you keep telling yourself. Your focus is on the wrong things!

So now you know what you have to do? What kinds of things will you tell yourself the next time you go into a performance or an audition? Positive things! Good things! You will give a great performance! You will be very comfortable in front of your audience! See yourself doing that. If you have to, close your eyes, BREATHE deeply before you go in and visualize yourself being brilliant. How confident will you be while you are performing? You know your lines. You know what you have to do. You are in the character. You feel it! You can see that you feel what you are acting! You are confident and you will be brilliant!

When you talk like that to yourself, you will feel your posture change. You will be erect and your shoulders will be back if you really feel it and if you really believe it. So BE confident and FEEL confident and you will BE the best that you can be.

To overcome nervous energy, speak at a louder tone of voice, use gestures and BREATHE deeply. Be conscious of that.

Hope that helps!

Tony
http://www.actingcareerstartup.com

Answer 5

Depends on what you're doing on stage. If you're an actor, lose yourself into the part. Your character has no reason to be nervous. Whatever nervous energy you do have can go into your acting. You have to be a little nervous to perform otherwise you lack the sensitivity it takes to be a performer.
Did you know that Barbara Streisand had such terrible stage fright that for her first B'way role they had to push her on stage on a wheeled chair for her big solo? Everyone thought it was so inventive!

Answer 6

Everyone gets stagefright. Really all you need is confidence. Tell yourself, "I know I'm talanted, so here is my chance to show it off" Good luck!

Answer 7

stagefright is very real and the more aware you are of your surroundings the more fright you will have,I have played to large audiences before and take it from me,A good shot of scotch will really help but don't overdo it or you can't perform as expected. good luck,,,been there.plus what Bianca said.

Answer 8

Look people over their heads, not on their eyes or you can look at the opposite wall of the room, not too high, not too low.

Answer 9

a few minutes before appearing on stage you can warm up to get your adrenaline level up.

Answer 10

Just try to visualize anyone in the audience as being naked...