Performance

This week is my group presentation week, but as far as I know it will be postponed to the following week because one of our group members is sick with the flu. I will still be posting the link to our prezi presentation in order to show that we have in fact completed it and aren't bludging for more time.
It is a very interesting topic but 60 pages is a lot to digest. 
It basically all summarises up into how people perform and the different aspects of performing i.e cynic, sincere performers, front/back stage and so on. 
The most difficult part about understanding dramaturgy is trying to get around the idea of infinite amounts of back stage front stage scenarios and also the idea of trying to find a situation in which 'performance' does not apply.
I haven't attended my tutorial yet but when I do I will finish the blog with a recap of what happened/ what we discussed in relation to this topic. 

http://prezi.com/iiz36mj2fiqv/present/?auth_key=nob0l8u&follow=1jj8nd9og7cb

So its been awhile since I actually wrote this and 'promised to finish it', so now I am, over a month later. I have had some time to think about it realise the different performances I act out and in which setting I decide to use them. I noticed that I feel as if I am always performing for as long as there is another person in the same vicinity as me. I will play the role of daughter, girlfriend, carer, aunt, sister, student and woman. I realised that this last role actually caught me by surprise because as much as I accept the idea of gender being socially constructed (which it is), I still behave accordingly to some of the standards this society has placed upon me eg. wearing a bra, even if its annoying. 

Thinking about performances makes me realise how far I am often required to perform in all types of social settings, because if I am upset when I am in any of the roles mentioned above, I must pretend to be otherwise, mainly 'tired', because the consequences of revealing this truth could upset others. If I am extremely happy when I should be sad, I must also restrain this because the setting demands it.