When it comes to thinking of things that I am "good" at, my brain struggles. It ponders, searches, and reaches for any estimation of skill that it might guess that I have. However, there is one thing; performing. Being a performer is one of the only things I have ever been good at. From the youngest age of my life that I can correctly perceive, I remember doing wild activities and pretend shows: strutting myself around like a popinjay, all in the desperate attention to garner attention by putting on a show. Which, in essence, is the very core of what a performer is.
I remember the first "big" performance I had as a high schooler, it was "Bottom's Dream", an abridged version of Shakespeare's "A Mid-Summer Night's Dream", and we were at our Competition. In an ironic twist of fate within the impending days of the performance; I had fallen terribly ill. I, however, was and always will be too stubborn to give into outside forces even …show more content…
During some performances, I have been nervous because of my physical state at a certain time, or I have felt negative feelings about specific performances because I did not feel like I was able to prepare or warm myself up in the proper way I would like to. Going to JMU is something that I genuinely believe will fulfill my needs as a performer in ways that I could not aptly describe. Not only would studying theatre at JMU allow me to continue my love for performing without inhibition, I strongly feel that being enrolled in JMU's Theatre program will provide me with the education about my craft that will allow me to perform at the best of my ability more often, and provide me with the knowledge and technique to keep myself working properly as a performer for many, many years to
I remember the first "big" performance I had as a high schooler, it was "Bottom's Dream", an abridged version of Shakespeare's "A Mid-Summer Night's Dream", and we were at our Competition. In an ironic twist of fate within the impending days of the performance; I had fallen terribly ill. I, however, was and always will be too stubborn to give into outside forces even …show more content…
During some performances, I have been nervous because of my physical state at a certain time, or I have felt negative feelings about specific performances because I did not feel like I was able to prepare or warm myself up in the proper way I would like to. Going to JMU is something that I genuinely believe will fulfill my needs as a performer in ways that I could not aptly describe. Not only would studying theatre at JMU allow me to continue my love for performing without inhibition, I strongly feel that being enrolled in JMU's Theatre program will provide me with the education about my craft that will allow me to perform at the best of my ability more often, and provide me with the knowledge and technique to keep myself working properly as a performer for many, many years to