Front Stage

(noun)

Actions that are visible to the audience and are part of the performance.

Related Terms

Examples of Front Stage in the following topics:

  • Dramaturgy

    • An example of the difference between front stage and back stage behaviors would be the type of customer service embodied by baristas at the local coffee shop.
    • While on the clock and in front of customers, baristas will typically do what the customer wants and try to look untroubled by obnoxious requests.
    • Goffman explains this awareness in terms of front stage and back stage behaviors.
    • Front stage actions are those that are visible to the audience and are part of the performance, while back stage actions only occur when the audience is not around.
    • Erving Goffman uses the metaphor of a stage to explain human behavior in everyday life.

  • Levels of Analysis: Micro and Macro

    • Consider, for example, how front and back stage spaces are managed during a visit to the doctor.
    • When you arrive at the doctor's office, you are on stage as you present yourself to the receptionist.
    • As you are shown to an exam room, you are briefly ushered into a back stage space.
    • Once again, you are on stage.
    • In social interaction, like in theatrical performance, there is a front region where the "actors" (individuals) are on stage in front of the audience.

  • New Product Ideas

    • Companies typically see new product development as the first stage in generating and commercializing a new product within the overall strategic process of product life cycle management, used to maintain or grow their market share.
    • Concept and technology development: During this part of the front-end, the business case is developed based on estimates of the total available market, customer needs, investment requirements, competition analysis and project uncertainty.
    • Some organizations consider this the first stage of the NPPD process
    • Explain the front-end process of new product development (NPD) and the characteristics of a SWOT analysis

  • Practicing through Anxiety

    • For example, stand in front of the room or stay seated if recording a webcast.
    • Stage fright or performance anxiety is the anxiety, fear, or persistent phobia that may be aroused in an individual by the requirement to perform in front of an audience, whether actually or potentially (for example, when performing before a camera).
    • In some cases, stage fright may be a part of a larger pattern of social phobia or social anxiety disorder, but many people experience stage fright without any wider problems.
    • There are many ideas on how to mitigate the effects of stage fright.
    • Rehearse in front of others.

  • Preparing to Present

    • However, one of the biggest disadvantages to memorizing a speech can be unexpected stage fright where you might clam up entirely, unable to remember your speech.
    • Even world leaders get butterflies in their stomach before addressing the world stage.
    • You can even read your speech in front of trusted friends or colleagues.
    • By practicing in front of a smaller group, you can take the edge off having to present in front of a larger group.
    • If you're not sure what you look like while speaking, practice in front of a mirror.

  • Situational Anxiety

    • Also known as stage fright, situational anxiety is the short-term form of anxiety surrounding public speaking.
    • Stage fright or performance anxiety is the anxiety, fear, or persistent phobia which may be aroused in an individual by the requirement to perform in front of an audience, whether actually or potentially (for example, when performing before a camera).
    • In some cases, stage fright may be a part of a larger pattern of social phobia or social anxiety disorder, but many people experience stage fright without any wider problems.
    • Stage fright may be observed in people of all experiences and backgrounds, from those completely new to being in front of an audience to those who have done so for years.
    • Second, blood vessels in the extremities constrict (Managing Stage Fright).

  • The North African Front

  • Feeling Anxiety Is Normal

    • As many as 75% of all people experience some degree of anxiety about having to speak in front of a group of people, so if you're nervous, you're not alone.
    • The most important thing to remember is that it's perfectly normal to be anxious about presenting in front of a crowd, no matter how big or how small.
    • Right before you walk out onto the stage, you may feel full-fledged fear.
    • Practicing in front of others and receiving helpful feedback for improving your speech
    • In fact, many people report that their number one fear is speaking in front of a group.

  • Britain's Strategy

    • The Allied forces fought the Axis powers in three European sub-theaters: the Eastern Front, the Western Front, and the Mediterranean Theater.
    • The Eastern Front was by far the largest and bloodiest theater of World War II.
    • However, fighting would continue in Greece, where British troops had been dispatched to aid the Greek government,, during the early stages of the Greek Civil War.
    • As Soviet tank production increased these foreign tanks were used on less important fronts such as the Caucasus.
    • Differentiate between the Eastern Front, the Western Front, and the Mediterranean Theater

  • Stages of Cognitive Development

    • Review the four major stages of cognitive development: Piaget's Stages (http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?
    • title=Piaget%27s_Stages)