Pantomime Wall Terms

Working out the movements of performers.

• Blocking
• Body
• Wall
• Walk

Stage pictures, created by actors, posing motionless. 

• Tableau
• Body
• Pictures

• Feet

Point or place where an actor comes in. 

• Entrance
• Body Position
• Surprise
• Theatre

When an actor plays towards the audience, while conversing with another character. 

• Cheat
• Box
• Direct Acting
• Walk

Platforms or body positions on stage of various heights.

• Levels
• Equal
• Profile Walk
• Art Deco

Point at which an actor leaves the stage. 

• Exit
• Cross
• Pressure Walk
• Pretend Walk

Actors stance, in which he/she is standing up straight, feet hip with a part, arms, hanging loosely at sides, and chin up. 

• Actors Neutral
• Endowment
• Posture
• Anger

Activities that actors do on stage, while performing, such as knitting, cooking, eating, or packing a suitcase. 

• Business
• Exaggerated Resistance
• Pantomime
• Pressure Walk

Move from one area to another. 

• Cross
• Facial Expressions
• Objects
• Pressure

Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point in the play. 

• Stealing the scene/upstaging 
• Gesture
• Nonverbal Communication
• Make it real