Vocabulary
Composer
A person who writes music
Broadway Musical
production that incorporates contemporary music to convey plot, character, mood, and setting.
Ballet
a form of dance that communicates a storyline.
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment that combines music, song, dance, and drama, typically performed in an informal setting like a restaurant or nightclub where the audience dines or drinks. It is known
Antagonist
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Melody
The main musical phrase expresses the general feeling of a composition.
Art Director
The person who decides on the overall look of the play.
Modern Dance
a dance that ignores structure.
Chorus
A theatre chorus is a group of performers in ancient Greek theatre who sing, dance, and comment on the action of the play, often acting as a bridge between the audience and the characters.
Acoustics
the properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.
Lyrics
the words to a song
Opera-buffa
An Italian word that incorporates dialogue and light music.
Tap Dance
Cold Reading
Cold reading is the practice of giving someone a reading with no prior information, using psychological techniques like making high-probability guesses and observing body language to gather information. It is also used
Animation
the state of being full of life or vigor; liveliness
Troubadours
Strolling musicians who set poems to popular melodies during the Gothic era.
Backdrop
A large piece of clothing on which scenery is painted.
Synthesis
the combination of ideas to form a theory or system
Comedy
professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.
Character Part
a lesser role in a drama, but one where the actor is called upon to display particular distinctive traits of character.
Choreographer
A person who designs dance for stage.
Body language
communication using your expressions.
Arms facial
Performance Art
Performance art is an art form that uses the artist's body and actions as the medium to create live or recorded artwork.
Blocking
Climax
In theater, the climax is the point of highest tension and the turning point in the plot, where the main conflict comes to a head.