Daylia, it sounds like your students are getting a good education. Your description gives the impression that you are helping them to develop THEIR stage presence and feel comfortable on stage.   I still feel that your expectation of Dylan made too many assumptions and that Dylan DOES have HIS own sense of stage presence. You may have caught him on an off night, or you may have had an off night, and the concert you saw something you would not have appreciated. I completely understand that.   However, I do not think that every artist needs to be chatty in order to get their songs across. Because they do not chat does not mean they are self absorbed or snotty. They are just doing their own thing.

I do agree, I enjoy seeing a performer that removes the barrier of the stage and talks to the audience "one on one". That is a truly enjoyable experience. However, I do think that you judge an artist on the performance and I go to see a Dylan concert to hear the music, not his musings with an audience.