WorksheetsPerformance Terms
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 33mins
Articulation
an expression of emotion on the face
to make it more dramatic or expressive, to heighten, magnify, or embellish
To turn and face out the audience; to adjust one’s position so other performers can also be seen.
Enunciating vowel and consonant sounds clearly enough for the entire audience to understand.
Actor’s tools
(a)
Facial expression
(a)
Exaggerate
(a)
Lines
(a)
Cheat
An expressive language that communicates ideas or feelings through spontaneous, made-up sounds and gestures.
Sounds (not words) used to communicate character, setting, plot, or mood.
The position of the actor in relation to the audience (Full back, full front, profile left or right, quarter turn left, three-quarter turn left or right).
To turn and face out the audience; to adjust one’s position so other performers can also be seen.
Rehearsal:
The process of creating and practicing in preparation for à performance
A performer’s arrival onto or departure from the stage.
Creating in the moment; spontaneous acting without à script.
Performers bend forward to the audience to signal the end of the show.
entrance/exit:
(a)
Improvisation
An expression of emotion on the face
Creating in the moment; spontaneous acting without à script.
presentation or sharing in the performing arts, formal, or informal, for à live audience.
Bow
(a)
Dress rehearsal
À break in the performance, usually at halfway point.
Speaking loudly enough (without yelling) for the entire audience to hear.
À final run-through of the entire show, including all the technical and production elements.
À frozen picture or stage composition in which the performers remain motionless.
Audition
competitive tryout for à role that can include an interview, cold reading, prepared work, or improvisation.
presentation or sharing in the performing arts, formal, or informal, for à live audience.
Accent
(a)
Intermission
(a)
Projection
Speaking loudly enough (without yelling) for the entire audience to hear.
To prepare the actor’s tools (mind, body, and voice) for creative work or performance, an exercise or game used for the same purpose.
Tableau
(a)
Warm-up
To prepare the actor’s tools (mind, body, and voice) for creative work or performance, an exercise or game used for the same purpose.
À rehearsal in which all of the production elements are integrated together with the performers, À dry tech does not include the performers.
The imaginary wall between the performers and the audience that separates the two and creates à framed window through which to view the world of the play.
An expressive language that communicates ideas or feelings through spontaneous, made-up sounds and gestures.
Stage whisper
An exaggerated whisper that is loud enough for the audience to hear.
An expressive language that communicates ideas or feelings through spontaneous, made-up sounds and gestures.
Curtain call
Performers return to the stage after the show to bow and acknowledge the audience’s applause.
What an actor uses for creative expression and characterization; the mind, body, and voice.
À frozen picture or stage composition in which the performers remain motionless.
Fourth wall
(a)
Cold reading
(a)
Actor’s positions
The position of the actor in relation to the audience (Full back, full front, profile left or right, quarter turn left, three-quarter turn left or right).
presentation or sharing in the performing arts, formal, or informal, for à live audience.
Sound effects
(a)
Gibberish
An expressive language that communicates ideas or feelings through spontaneous, made-up sounds and gestures.
À distinctive way of speaking à language typical to à certain country, region, à group of people.
