Do performances ever make you cry - not because they’re sad?
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Anonymous
| I find this often - for example tonight I took the kids to a musical and the small cast worked so hard to perform well for an audience of mainly kids - and they did such a good job. There’s just something so pure about people trying really hard to create an experience for someone else that makes me kind of want o cry - is that insane? And especially when the audience is kids but they still worked so hard and the kids in the audience all loved it. Curious if others feel this or maybe I am just an emotional basketcase |
Anonymous
| Always! I am struck, truly moved, by the courage of performers. Also, the idea of creating art by working together, being vulnerable, open, raw, seen also blows me away. And yes I tear up over this! |
Anonymous
| Yes. Lady Gaga invited a kid on stage during a concert and he kept up with the professional dancers. I cried because I was so happy for him. I follow him on instagram now. |
Anonymous
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Yes, me too! I cry at the school talent show, even if my kid isn’t performing. It also happens at professional performances, worst when it’s a soloist! I find it happens most often related to musical performances (maybe because I have NO talent at all in that area), but it is also at plays and even athletic events. I’m so damn proud of whoever is doing whatever; they worked so hard and I’m just so proud and happy for them I start crying.
Most embarrassingly, it happened at parent teacher night in the fall. The new young teacher gave his presentation and was clearly so excited and eager to have his job. When I started to thank him for what he was doing for all of our kids, my voice broke and I’m sure the other parents thought I was insane. |
Anonymous
| Absolutely OP! It’s one of the reasons why humans create and watch performing arts, it’s a way to process emotions and generate joy. The first time I went to see live music after covid I was bawling. |
Anonymous
| Nope. To be blunt and honest, I never understood why people act like that over singing and dancing. I guess I'm just too left-brained! |
Anonymous
| Definitely. I don't consider myself an easily emotional person but I'm moved by random things. Like, my kid's middle school musical. He was just a background player but all the kids worked so hard and did such a wonderful job. It wasn't the music itself that was moving but their teamwork and seeing something that had been a total disaster two months earlier come together so completely. It's what makes us human. |
Anonymous
Same. And all the heart and hard work they put into it. I cry with pride and joy for them even if I don’t know them personally. |
Anonymous
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I do this! Glad to hear others do, too.
I once went to a free organ recital at the Kennedy Center by myself (on my way home from work), and the organist was performing a work that had been commissioned for a new organ to put it through all its ranges. OMG, I almost lost it. So powerful, from the lowest lows to the highest highs. It was a whole-body experience. |
Anonymous
| Yes. |
Anonymous
| Totally. I get choked up and teary over so many things. I was always labeled “too sensitive” by my family but whatever. Glad to know I’m not the only one. |
Anonymous
| Not often... but there's that portion of Tchaikovsky's violin concerto, first movement, that ALWAYS brings tears to my eyes, it's so beautiful. |
Anonymous
Similarly, the child drummer who performed with Foo Fighters. Nandi Bushell. She's amazing. |
Anonymous
| For the longest time “Let It Go” made me cry every time I heard it. That song touched me so deep I’ll never be able to explain it. |
Anonymous
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Yes. I also get goosebumps when listening to music that resonates with me.
https://www.businessinsider.com/goosebumps-when-listening-to-music-could-mean-youre-more-emotional-2017-11 |