First 6 Weeks

What is a slate?

• A performance

• A professional introduction

• The title

• An audition

An ensemble is a group of __________ that you are surrounded by or work with.

Why is pantomime valuable for an actor?

• It’s fun.

• It helps you speak clearly and loudly.

• It makes you good at dancing.

• It helps you create a character without words, through gestures, facial expressions and movement.

Pantomime is the art of _________ without words.

Non-verbal communication is _____________ without words.  

• Communicating

• Acting

• Pantomime

• Theatre

What does “cheat out” mean?

• To face away from the audience.

• Angle your body/open up towards the audience.

• To cheat on your test.

• Turn your body upside down completely

Your personal space on stage may also be called a ________

• Ring

• Spatial awareness

• Bubble

• Pantomime

What two things may happen if your bubble is invaded?

• Sit or stand

• Embrace or confrontation

• Soup or salad

• Hug or fight

Cross means to walk _________ the stage

Countercross means to

• Walk across the stage

• Walk opposite of another actor on stage

• Walk backwards

• Stand downstage