People
Actions
Body
Mime Tricks
Emotions
100
The art of imitating real life actions without using words
What is Pantomime
100
Hand and arm movements and facial expressions that help express an idea or an emotion
What is Gesture
100
The body part where most movement begins
What is Chest
100
The turning or pivoting of a part of the body, such as the head or the chest
What is Rotation
100
The emotion conveyed when eyes squint, brows lift, and mouth curves upward
What is Happiness
200
The art form that does not precisely imitate real life physical action but gives an illusion of that action
What is Mime
200
To more from one place to another on stage
What is Cross
200
One of the body parts most mimes emphasize with makeup
What is Eyes
200
A term for the firmness or solidity of an object in opposition to outside force
What is Resistance
200
The emotion conveyed when eyes narrow, outer brows and mouth turn downward, and facial muscles sag
What is Sadness
300
A silent film star who was a master of pantomime
What is Charlie Chaplin
300
A basic mime convention; the mime uses exaggerated movements to appear to be walking
What is Illusory Walk
300
The body parts where all arm movements must end
What is Fingertips
300
The separation of parts of the body for individual development and expression
What is Isolation
300
The emotion conveyed when eyes narrow, brows furrow, and jaw sets firmly
What is Anger
400
The Frenchman who is one of the best-known mimes in history
What is Marcel Marceau
400
The setting up of an action with definite hand movements; for example, the snap of a mime’s hand around a glass.
What is “Click”
400
The general term for expressing ideas and emotions without using words; the essence of pantomime and mime
What is Nonverbal communication
400
The bending of the body to the front, the side, or the rear
What is Inclination
400
The emotion conveyed when eyes widen, brows lift, and mouth forms the shape of an O
What is Surprise
500
The Swiss trained mime troupe that initiated the use of special props and nontraditional objects in mime
What is Mummenschanz
500
A movement opposite to the action that the mime wants the audience to follow
What is Preparatory action
500
The neuromuscular awareness that you feel when your body is in a particular position
What is Kinesthesis
500
A mime device that uses inclinations, rotations, and isolations in one exercise
What is Combination
500
A combination of inner composure, mental awareness, and physical flexibility; the act of “letting go all over”
What is Relaxation
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