Emotions & Empathy in Spectating
Emotions play a significant role in every aspect of life in shaping the constraints and satisfaction of performances. In the history of performance, spectators outnumber performers because their experiences normally shape subsequent performances and are always significant than those of the performers (McConachie, Syler & Apller, 2015). Spectators take sides basing on their emotions. Different people express their emotions according to how they have been affected. For example spectators in a certain game will express dissatisfaction in form anger, fear, rages, shame, and panic, whereas others will express satisfaction in form of happiness, and pride. Empathy is the one’s ability to experience and understand the emotions, intentions and beliefs of the other. This leads to positive and negative engagement with others. For example to understand what someone really meant by a particular speech, empathy is normally involved. Additionally, without empathy, it could be hard for role-players to coordinate their performance and spectators would have no interest to watch them (McConachie, Syler & Apller, 2015).
Emotions and empathy are applicable in the day to day life and those responses are being recorded daily. For example in an entertainment, audience shows the expression of emotion and empathy in different manner. For example while spectating a drama or a play, the spectator is always affected by the actions of the performers which can either lead to a positive or a negative reaction. While watching a game say a football match, two sides are always involved. Therefore the audiences will have different feelings about the two sides (McConachie, Syler & Apller, 2015). At the end there is a side which will satisfied hence an expression of happiness whereas the dissatisfied side will express a feeling of embarrassment or sadness.
References
McConachie, B,. Syler, C.& Apller, V. (2015). The Roots and Dynamics of Performance:A Biocultural Approach to Performance Studies
