Why do you perform?

Why do you perform?

to be famous one day	3.3%	[ 2 ]
i need to its my passion	76.7%	[ 46 ]
for the freinds I make	10.0%	[ 6 ]
to be better than everyone	3.3%	[ 2 ]
to be in the spotlight	6.7%	[ 4 ]
Total Votes:			[ 60 ]

[mehmeh00]

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[Cilj]

Sometimes I think it's a desire to inspire others as the great actors/performers have inspired me. As a very dear friend of mine said once, "If you don't affect the world around you, it's like you never existed in the first place."

[WinoMeishuSlutfoxHoon]

I perform to escape from my reality for a while. I've alwyas had a thing for pretending to be other people.

[Jinxxi web]

i picked to be famous, but if it happens, im known to do it for all the people of the world. the young and old

[-Hematomania-]

I do it because it's a way for me to escape.
It's kind of odd to say it...but I feel more myself when I'm pretending to be someone else.
When I dance...I do it to make art.
When I dance, I feel like I'm floating...like nothing can hurt me and I feel beautiful.

Performing as in acting...it's one of few things I'm exceptionally good at and love. I love performing because I love for people to see me doing what I love to do.

[Shayla_Shackles]

I perform because i can escape into a world that is not my own. To be honest, my life can be boring and dull. But the characters i play are far from it. It's the rush of adrenaline that fills my body when i'm on stage. The sick-to-my-stomach-with-excitement feeling that overwhelms me. Its like food for my soul. I know it sounds dramatic, and all. But that's reallyhow it makes me feel. I am not truly happy unless i am performing. It's something that i have to do, something that makes the world feel right.

[Fionna Not Finn]

I do it for a multitude of reasons.

The biggest being that I've never quite liked myself. Whether my life is plain and boring, or if it's because all of the assholes I've grown up with in this town, I've just never felt right in my own skin. But when I hit the theatre, if I'm onstage doing warm ups or up in the light booth working the lights, I feel reborn. I feel like I've been ripped out of a too-tight outfit, and that I can move freely and with out criticism.

And also, it puts my "mask" to work, so to say. Instead of just pretending to be soul-crushingly happy in the real world, I can exercise that mask, contort it into all the emotions I feel but can't show.

[Jac Grace]

i feel i'm one of the few people in my school who perform for the sake of performing, that understands that your not performing for yourself or trying your best to make you look good that you're doing it for the people watching. yes its probably doing you some justice and if your doing a good job you better be getting some credit for effort at least. But i also believe they compete for the attention of the audience and/or teacher and this distracts everyone else for doing a good job. Does this happen to/ annoy anyone else?

[Fionna Not Finn]

Jac Grace

i feel i'm one of the few people in my school who perform for the sake of performing, that understands that your not performing for yourself or trying your best to make you look good that you're doing it for the people watching. yes its probably doing you some justice and if your doing a good job you better be getting some credit for effort at least. But i also believe they compete for the attention of the audience and/or teacher and this distracts everyone else for doing a good job. Does this happen to/ annoy anyone else?

Not exactly this, but kind of what you're getting at. For some reason, people flock to join the musical, then get pissed when they realize it's WORK.

[Jac Grace]

Darling Mythril Daughter

Jac Grace

i feel i'm one of the few people in my school who perform for the sake of performing, that understands that your not performing for yourself or trying your best to make you look good that you're doing it for the people watching. yes its probably doing you some justice and if your doing a good job you better be getting some credit for effort at least. But i also believe they compete for the attention of the audience and/or teacher and this distracts everyone else for doing a good job. Does this happen to/ annoy anyone else?

Not exactly this, but kind of what you're getting at. For some reason, people flock to join the musical, then get pissed when they realize it's WORK.

Ya. we have those too. last year we had half the cast drop. about one of them had a ligitiment reason. i was sick for half the practices and STILL made it to every one. it gets annoying.

[Casetra]

I perform,
to try and understand the world.
I dance because everything disappears from my eyes and then I'm surrounded in a mist of fantasy.
I dance so I don't have to deal with others.
I dance to seek my inner soul, a connection, a vibration.
I dance to avoid problems, to find solutions.
I dance, so I actually have a purpose in life than just living.

[aryadarkflame]

nsqos

I perform,
to try and understand the world.
I dance because everything disappears from my eyes and then I'm surrounded in a mist of fantasy.
I dance so I don't have to deal with others.
I dance to seek my inner soul, a connection, a vibration.
I dance to avoid problems, to find solutions.
I dance, so I actually have a purpose in life than just living.

im with u on that.... i dance to escape the world....the troubles im having......what really consoles me is the stretching (it hurts so good)
it helps me get through each day....just knowing that its coming...that i have something to look foreward to.....ballet is my life

[The Battle Fares]

Theater and performing has helped me through a lot of bad times- I can escape, be someone else, throw myself into my work. It's my lifeblood now, I couldn't leave the stage.

[lindseystomp]

I perform because it is my passion. I want to share my passion with the rest of the world. I want to prove that even though I play violin, you can still rock out!

[Wishes of Kryzella]

WinoMeishuSlutfoxHoon

I perform to escape from my reality for a while. I've alwyas had a thing for pretending to be other people.

I agree, I like portraying another person in order to forget about life, and just enjoy the beauty of performing..