Opening Post

1. Why are you taking this class?





I'm currently taking this class because I think it will help me on stage to loosen up and be more present in my body.

2. What is your major?

I'm a theater with a concentration in Performance.

3. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

I tend to consider myself to be an ambivert.  I like being around people and I honestly enjoy it.  But when I'm at home, I tend to realize that I'm extremely drained from interacting with so many people, and sometimes need to take a break from social interaction for a while.


4. What questions/subjects/hobbies are you most interested in?

I'm very much in love with Doctor Who.  I'm starting to get more interested in Magic the Gathering and playing video games.  I'm a major geek for the English language and love reading HP Lovecraft and Shakespeare.


5. What does presence mean to you? Do you have "it"?


Personally, presence means being 100% living within yourself in the moment to moment, fully experiencing life as it's happening.  I'd like to say I have it, but I don't think I'm ever as in tune with myself and my surroundings as I would like to be.

6. How do you feel about your body?


I have a love/hate relationship with my body.  I'm in the latter stages of recovering from an eating disorder.  I mostly love it, but some days the thoughts creep back in.

7. In what ways are you confident or proud about your body or your ways of moving?


I tend to move like a cat at times, like when I'm at home by myself just relaxing. 

8. In what ways are you self-conscious about your body or ways of moving?

I still have some residual feelings that it has to be perfect, and when I look in the mirror I don't see what I expect.  When I move the way I want, I get self-conscious of the jiggle.

9. What do you hope to get out of this class?

I want to get better acquainted with my body so that I can begin to move in front of an audience without being self conscious about what weird things my body might be doing.



10. Where will you be in five years? In ten?

In five years I'm hoping I'll be married and in the MFA program here at LSU.  I'd like to actually have some stage experience and know myself as an artist better.  In ten years, I want to be teaching theater.  Hopefully, helping people along the road to voice acting as well as voicing some anime dubs.