Interview: Are facial expressions important in dancing?
Project 03 Body and Experience
- Michelle Hung
(Ballet: 5 years, K-pop: 7 years, Street/ Hip-Hop: 2 years)
‘’ I think facial expression is one of the most direct and effective ways of communicating. Like all art forms, emotion is an essential element. It creates resonance to individual emotion, memories, and experiences. While the body movements enable audiences to experience a variety of possibilities that human bodies can achieve. An additional of facial expressions can enhance audiences’ understanding of the message underlying the dance piece.’
2. Ruohan Xu
‘’ I think facial expression is a very important part when it comes to performance. Because for example when you are dancing, depending on the style of dance or music even the mood of the dance, facial expressions help to enhance it and engage the audience more, allows the audience to understand what you trying to say through your movements.’’