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WorksheetsPrinciples of Movement, part I
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Enter the stage with your upstage foot first, so your body is turned downstage
Do
Don't
Cross your knees or feet or spread your feet apart with the knees together unless your character would do so
Do
Don't
Cross downstage of furniture or characters who are standing
Do
Don't
Cover your face with your hands or with a prop
Do
Don't
Cross upstage of seated characters
Do
Don't
Move during important lines, a laugh line, or while the audience is laughing
Do
Don't
Make gestures with the upstage arm, and make turns toward the front
Do
Don't
Block an exit while waiting to enter the stage or stand in front of a backstage light that might cast your shadow on stage
Do
Don't
Move forward on the upstage foot, and kneel on the downstage knee
Do
Don't
Sit with your feet and knees together unless you are playing a character who would sit otherwise, such as a child.
Do
Don't
Stay in character when leaving the stage until you are out of sight of the audience
Do
Don't
What is posture?
the way we talk to people
the way we sit or stand
acting without words, props, or sound
the way enter stage
Which of the following is NOT a stage movement principle?
Dont turn your back on the audience (unless told to do so)
downstage is stronger than upstage
always let the person closest to the audience exit the stage first
gesture with the upstage hand
Gesture
Movement of hands, arms, or head
Reason for action
Make up, to cover a mistake
Lights out/Curtain closed. End of Act.
