Unit 1 Vocabulary
That which happens on stage to hold the audience's attention
What is Action?
The precise movement and positioning of actors on the stage.
What is Blocking?
What is the rounded area of a theatre stage called?
What is the rounded area of a theatre stage called? The Apron
A nervous feeling felt by someone who is going to appear in front of an audience.
What is Stage Fright?
A special way of doing things.
What is Convention?
What are the two main areas of the stage?
Upstage and Downstage
A piece of writing that tells a story, and is performed on stage.
What is Drama?
An actor positions their body or feet to open out their body to face the audience.
What is Open Out?
What are the nine basic areas of a Proscenium Stage?
UR, UC, UL, SR, CS, SL, DR, DC, DL
To move from one position to another on stage.
What is Cross?
The fuel that drives acting, enlivens performances, creates empathy, and makes forceful characters.
What is Energy?
What is the history of Upstage and Downstage?
What is the history of Upstage and Downstage?
During the time when the theatre was on the rise (Ancient Greece), stages were actually tilted/slanted. So, you would literally have to walk down the stage (downstage) and up the stage (upstage) once upon a time.
The direction of an actor's intention, action, emotion, or line delivery to a specific target.
What is Focus?
The process of offering valid and well-reasoned opinions about the work of others, usually involving both positive and negative comments, in a friendly manner, rather than an oppositional one. The purpose of which is to help, not harm the performer.
What is Constructive Criticism?
What are two most common/most popular body positions for an actor to be in or find themselves in?
1/4 right and 1/4 left.