Being the Person in the Spotlight

I have performed onstage before and I love the attention of the audience. I love the spotlight, I love how I made some audience cry, how I made them laugh. It's normal to feel nervous before the performance, but once onstage I feel the butterflies in my stomach moving away. Suddenly I become the role that I perform. Being in the limelight is so exciting.

It is true what you say, lizeri. Some do it for those reasons. However, for me, it is about how I feel when on stage. I don't know about you, but every time I am on stage, I feel like whatever tension or problem when backstage are gone. They have simply evaporated. I become the person I want to be at that specific moment, which is a very special feeling. I feel really good, when I am on stage. I want to be on stage, because it is a special and rewarding place. Yes, because of how it makes me feel, but also because it is a time and place when we (actors, dancers, etc.) can present the final product, which adds to the feeling that I get when onstage.

Are you a stage performer? You didn't say! But yes, I think you're partially right - sometimes I feel as though a particular night didn't have the verve that another night might have had. The limelight can be fun, yes; it's also quite exaughsting. I find that after a long performance full of mistakes or forgotten lines, or trips - that I'm really too tired to go explain myself to fans. Many want to ask me lots of questions. It is truly a rare performer who can do a full week worth of shows and still stop and be gracious to his or her fans. I tend to get a bit shy, and run, I'll tell you. Sometimes it's just too hard to cope with it.