GESTURE
👋 Every movement tells a story. So what is your movement actually saying?
🧠 Gesture is not just what you do. It is how you do it and why. A clear, intentional gesture can reveal something about the character that words never could.
🫡 Behavioral gestures are rooted in real life. Brushing hair behind your ear, lighting a cigarette, fixing your posture, biting your nails, coughing, limping, wiping sweat. These tiny, physical details ground your acting in reality and tell us who the character is without you having to explain it.
🌊 Expressive gestures are symbolic, abstract, and emotionally charged. Think of reaching to the sky in despair or stretching toward something just out of reach. They come from ideas, not daily habits. Especially in musical theatre, these gestures live in the space between dance and language.
📍In solo work, a single gesture can punctuate a turning point. In partner scenes, gesture becomes a conversation: you reach, they flinch. You mimic, they resist. A shared gesture builds connection. A withheld one creates tension.
🔥 The key is commitment. Let the gesture move from beginning to middle to end. Let it land. Let it mean something.
