Theatre
The imitation or representation of life performed for other people; the performance of dramatic literature; drama; the milieu of actors, technicians, and playwrights; the place where dramatic performances take place
What is theatre?
The area where actors perform
What is stage?
An ancient art form based on pantomime in which conventionalized gestures are used to express ideas rather than represent actions; also, a performer of mime
What is mime?
The highness or lowness of the voice.
What is Pitch?
Items carried on stage by an actor; small items on the set used by the actors
What is props?
Events, activities, and productions associated with theatre, film/ video, and electronic media.
What is theatrical experiences?
The left side of the stage from the perspective of an actor facing the audience.
What is stage left?
A type of entertainment containing music, songs, and, usually, dance
What is musical theatre?
The degree of loudness or intensity of a voice
What is Volume?
Coverings worn over the face or part of the face of an actor to emphasize or neutralize facial characteristics
What is masks?
Noncompetitive games designed to develop acting skills and popularized by Viola Spolin
What is theatrical games?
The right side of the stage from the perspective of an actor facing the audience
What is stage right?
Acting without words through facial expression, gesture, and movement.
What is Pantomime?
The characteristics of a voice, such as shrill, nasal, raspy, breathy, booming, and so forth
What is vocal quality?
Cosmetics and sometimes hairstyles that an actor wears on stage to emphasize facial features, historical periods, characterizations, and so forth
What is makeup?
The established techniques, practices, and devices unique to theatrical productions
What is theatrical conventions?
Used as a noun, the stage area away from the audience; used as a verb, to steal the focus of a scene.
What is upstage?
The distinctive and unique manner in which a writer arranges words to achieve particular effects. Style essentially combines the idea to be expressed with the individuality of the author. These arrangements include individual word choices as well as such matters as the length and structure of sentences, tone, and use of irony
What is style?
The placement and delivery of volume, clarity, and distinctness of voice for communicating to an audience
What is projection?
An expressive movement of the body or limbs
What is gesture?
Theatrical movement beginning in the 1950s in which playwrights created works representing the universe as unknowable and humankind's existence as meaningless
What is theatre of the absurd?
The center of the acting area
What is center stage?
One of the traditional forms of Japanese theatre in which masked male actors use highly stylized dance and poetry to tell stories
What is Noh?
A long speech by a single character
What is Monologue?
Almost anything brought to life by human hands to create a performance. Types of puppets include rod, hand, and marionette
What is puppetry?