Unit 2 Vocab 1

Non- speaking movements

• Mime

• Pantomime

• Movement

• Levels

Platforms or body positions on stage

• Action

• Give

• Full Front

• Levels

A scene or play without words

• Share

• Pantomime

• Mime

• Action

Actor’s stance in which he/she is standing up straight, feet hip-width apart, arms hanging

loosely at sides, and chin up.

• Action stance

• Tall Stance

• Actor's Natural

• Actor's Neutral

Blocking

• Actor’s stance in which he/she is standing up straight, feet hip-width apart, arms hanging

  loosely at sides, and chin up.

• Working out the movements of performers.

• Activities that actors do on stage while performing, such as knitting, cooking, eating, or

  packing a suitcase. Also called stage business.

• When an actor’s position onstage blocks the audience's view of a person or object.

Platforms or body positions on stage of various heights.

• Levels

• Angles

• Stage directions

• Business

Move to a more prominent position.

• Fire Postion

• Movement

• Take Stage

• Power Stance