Mental Techniques for Performers
(cheerleaders, ballet, tap, jazz, competition dancers - all styles!)
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s a performer, you work hard. You want to do your best. et, there may be times when you are struggling, can't get past a block, or need a new outlook. Your performance has changed. You need some help, yet aren't quite sure what or how? You go to class, What more can you do?
Learn Mental Techniques!
You have heard - it's all in your head, or it's 90% mental. Developing a strong, clear sense about yourself as a performer can take you to center stage. Learning about performance stress is an important part of achievement and it is probably not taught in training.
Do you know that there is a difference between nervousness and anxiety?
You can empower your performances by learning mental self-coaching techniques, ways to self-motivate and even to deepen concentration.
Here is how you can benefit ---
- Reducing or eliminating fear and doubt
- Increasing confidence
- Eliminating performance related anxiety or stage fright
- Clearing and releasing life shocks and trauma
- Releasing past game or stage that were difficult experiences
- Increasing peripherial vision and range of motion
- Healing injuries and preparing for surgery
- Releasing or transforming blocks
- Defining performance desires
- Developing more clear performance strategies
- De-stressing prior to a game or performance
- Manage weight and stop smoking
To reach your fullest potential you have to develop and train your mind, too. Some dancers do it naturally; most require training. You can learn the same techniques and strategies that athletes use in competition. If you want to be a competitor in the world of dance, you must develop mental skills along with a technique. You do want to keep up with those around you.