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Celine Dion: A Singer with a Wild Body?
Analyzing Celine's Body Language On and Off Stage

The other day VH1 claimed that Mariah Carey has the most gracious diva hand gestures in showbiz. Nothing of the kind! Look at our beloved Celine and you'll understand who is the queen of the world in that department.

But before jumping into observations and analysis, let's clear the terminology we are going to use here. What is body language?

Body language: It's basically the information, feelings and emotions communicated through the gestures, body positions and facial expressions of a person. In other words, if you make a face, it means something :-)

Now, Celine.

One doesn't have to be a body language expert to notice that Celine's body language is very rich. Actually, the first folks who picked up on that were Celine Dion haters. We spoke about haters in the previous issue of Dream On. Celine's famous gesture when she would hit herself in the chest with a fist would exasperate some critics. You know that Celine actually did it when she sang Titanic at the Oscars? Why does she keep doing that?

Three reasons:

• First, this famous gesture is completely out of Celine's control as it is surely of instinctual and, therefore, unconscious nature
• Second, I believe that when someone like Celine is singing in a language other than her native, gestures help deliver the message. Did you notice for example, that when you are visiting a foreign country where they speak some other language than your native you use gestures to substitute for the lack of words? Same here. Celine is an entertainer, and her gestures, help her establish a contact with the audience. I'd even suggest that when Celine is singing in French which is her mother tongue, her facial expressions and gestures are less expressive than when she sings in English.
• Third, it his is now Celine's trademark gesture, and therefore she can't simply stop doing that :-)

Celine's rich body language suggests she is a very emotional, sensitive and a warm person.

But what happens to Celine's body language when she is off stage? Well, nothing happens to it. It is all there. For example, did you notice how many times Celine touches her heart with her left hand? It's the ultimate "thank-you-from-the-bottom-of-my-heart" type of thing.

I once witnessed Celine talking to the journalists during a press conference. The press conference took place in a conference room of a big hotel, the room was specially prepared for the event. The table top at which Celine and Rene were sitting was covered with rose petals. During the entire press conference Celine was constantly playing with those rose petals, smelling them, and when I got up to ask my own question, she threw a bunch of those rose petals my way after I said she looked absolutely gorgeous. Was Celine nervous? Probably she was as she never let go of the rose petals. They kept her occupied. Celine often times feels quite vulnerable during the encounters with the media.

So what do we know about Celine from her body language? Not so little in fact. We know that:

• Celine is a passionate, warm person
• English is her second language, and the abundance of hand gestures and facial expressions help the communication with the audience
• She is a vulnerable person during her encounters with the media
• She probably likes hugging too!

I hope that at some point all fans of Celine will profit from this body language richness. A hug would be a dream come true for many. Dream on!