Theatre Terms
a literary and theatrical composition intended for performance (a play, opera, etc.)
What is drama
How do express emotion in pantomime
What are facial expressions?
improvisation where the focus is on the characters—their personalities, goals, emotions, and relationships—rather than on the situation or plot.
What is character centered Improv?
What serious actors do before they rehearse or perform.
What is warm-up?
they started theater
the ancient greeks
existing in the mind just below the level of consciousness
What is subconscious?
communicating thoughts or an idea through body movements
What are gestures?
the type of stage at Nova
What is proscenium?
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What is the Homecoming game
Stage Directions are written in>>>>
The Actors Perspective
the most outstanding and popular mime of all time
Who is Marcel Marceau?
Capital city of improv, think eind
What is Chicago?
the sides of the stage on left and right called, actors enter from this area
What are wings?
the year Nova was created
1963
the nueromuscular awareness in a physical position
What is Kinethesis
escribes how an actor should realistically react onstage when something happens, instead of jumping straight to the final reaction.
What is motivated sequence?
the brown part of the stage called
What is the apron?
FIrst fairy tale Disney Made
What is Snow white?
The act of miming vs. the actor
What is pantomime vs. mime?
when an actor draws attention to themselves in a way that distracts from the main action or focus of the scene, usually by overacting, showing off, or breaking the flow.
What is Scene Stealing
located in front of the stage, where the audience sits
What is the house?
untold story of the witches of Oz, exploring the unlikely friendship between Elphaba (the “Wicked Witch”) and Glinda before Dorothy arrives.
What is Wicked