Hi everyone.
I'm hoping to draw on some of the collective experience here for some advice to an inexperienced performer...
There are times when I find myself needing to distract or delay for a moment to direct the spectator's attention away from my hands. The top change is the simplest example of this: it's the exact opposite of invisible, so I need to misdirect. But sometimes I've said my bit of scripted patter, and they haven't given me the right timing for the move, so I end up fumbling verbally for a few seconds, looking and feeling kind of stupid while I try to pull their eye contact so I can pull the move off.
What are some examples of things you say or do to buy yourself a moment to breathe when you've run out of scripted patter?
I'm hoping to draw on some of the collective experience here for some advice to an inexperienced performer...
There are times when I find myself needing to distract or delay for a moment to direct the spectator's attention away from my hands. The top change is the simplest example of this: it's the exact opposite of invisible, so I need to misdirect. But sometimes I've said my bit of scripted patter, and they haven't given me the right timing for the move, so I end up fumbling verbally for a few seconds, looking and feeling kind of stupid while I try to pull their eye contact so I can pull the move off.
What are some examples of things you say or do to buy yourself a moment to breathe when you've run out of scripted patter?