Restrained bashful personality and choreography

[Souza]

Is it common or frequent an extreme bashful personality,  to such a degree of restraining motions, gestures, and all kind of piano choreography meaningful to express ideas and emotions?

What could be a student -  teacher and performer approach to this situation?

Thanks in advance for your useful orientations and opinions.

Pedro

[pianistimo]

i think the only piano choreography that should be done is that which helps the sound be produced.  personally, i don't like to look at pre-planned movements unless they are intricately involved in technique.  i'd rather listen to the person than look at them.  i don't know if i am extreme, or bashful myself, or both - but it just seems wierd to me to see someone OVER expressive.  we're not really actors, but facilitators of the music.  we don't have to act the songs - just transmit them. 

i think the best way to transmit is to have a pallette of sounds to choose from.  then, no matter how restrained or unrestrained your playing is - you are not boring sounding.  and, to have a well conceived idea of what you want to do before you do it.  it's almost as if the emotion is planned, too, because if you start crying or moving your head TOO much - you'll disrupt the flow of your piece.