Stage Movement Basics

receiving, understanding, and reactingto information and events in a play. (using body position; facial expression; posture to give the impression of listening.)

• active listening/escucha activa (verb)

• blocking/bloqueo (noun)

• cheating out/engañando (verb)

• composition/composición (noun)

the planned movements of a play on a stage.

• active listening/escucha activa (verb)

• blocking/bloqueo (noun)

• cheating out/engañando (verb)

• composition/composición (noun)

turning the front of the body out toward the audience when talking to another character

• active listening/escucha activa (verb)

• blocking/bloqueo (noun)

• cheating out/engañando (verb)

• composition/composición (noun)

the arrangement of characters on the stage; stage pictures.

• active listening/escucha activa (verb)

• blocking/bloqueo (noun)

• cheating out/engañando (verb)

• composition/composición (noun)

"forcing" the audience to look at a character or area of the stage through the use of composition and lighting.

• focusing/enfoque (verb)

• full back/espalda completa (noun)

• full front/frente completo (noun)

• one quarter/un cuarto (1/4) (noun)

a body position in which an actor faces away from the audience.

• focusing/enfoque (verb)

• full back/espalda completa (noun)

• full front/frente completo (noun)

• one quarter/un cuarto (1/4) (noun)

a body position in which an actor faces the audience directly.

• focusing/enfoque (verb)

• full back/espalda completa (noun)

• full front/frente completo (noun)

• one quarter/un cuarto (1/4) (noun)

a body position in which an actor is turned halfway between full front and profile.

• focusing/enfoque (verb)

• full back/espalda completa (noun)

• full front/frente completo (noun)

• one quarter/un cuarto (1/4) (noun)

a body position in which an actor faces the left or right wings.

• profile/perfil (noun)

• share (a scene)/comparte (una escena) (verb)

• stage business/negocio escénico (noun)

• take (a scene)/tomar (una escena) (verb)

to use body position and movement so that two or more characters have an equal degree of the audience's attention.

• profile/perfil (noun)

• share (a scene)/comparte (una escena) (verb)

• stage business/negocio escénico (noun)

• take (a scene)/tomar (una escena) (verb)