One of the challenges of performing that I struggle with are people that don’t speak much English. My stage show is a lot of verbal stuff, which can make it a challenge to get across when there’s a language barrier. The barrier is a bit easier to deal with when doing close up.
Last night I did a corporate holiday party for a company and most of their workers spoke Spanish and very little English. I speak very little Spanish, by very little, I know a handful of words. One thing I did was ask how to say things in Spanish, like how to say “Three of Diamonds”. I then tried, they it was a really made a connection because I was going to them. I took an interest in them.
I could have just mimed what I wanted them to do and it would have worked. However, the connection with the audience would have been way different. Make the effort to reach out to your audience instead of making them reach out to you.
Put In Some Effort…
One of the challenges of performing that I struggle with are people that don’t speak much English. My stage show is a lot of verbal stuff, which can make it a challenge to get across when there’s a language barrier. The barrier is a bit easier to deal with when doing close up. Last night … Continue reading “Put In Some Effort…”