(Grade 3+) Staging & Alignments Flashcards
Corner 5 is my: front left corner, back left corner, front right corner, or back right corner?
Front Left Corner
Corner 6 is my: front left corner or front right corner?
Front Right Corner
Downstage is the front or back of the stage?
Front of the stage
Why do we use the words downstage and upstage to describe areas of the stage?
Because stages are traditionally ‘raked’ or sloped on an angle to help the audience see everyone performing
Croisé means to ___?
Cross
Ouvert means to ___?
Open
What is another word for the back of the stage?
Upstage
Stage Left is my left or the audience’s left?
My Left
Stage Right is the audience’s right side of the stage. True or False?
False
Corner 8 is which corner of the stage?
Upstage Left / Back Left Corner
The number directions of the stage move round the room clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Clockwise
Where is number 1?
Straight to the front
Are numbers 1-4 corners or walls of your performance space?
Walls
Standing on the Croisé alignment with the right foot devant means I am facing ever so slightly towards the Left or Right?
Left
Standing on the Croisé alignment with the left foot devant means I am facing corner 5 or 6?
Corner 6
Upstage Right is which direction number?
Corner 7
Direction 1 can be described as being…
Downstage centre/the front/closest to the audience
Direction 2 can be described as being…
Stage Right
Direction 3 can be described as being…
Upstage centre/the back/furthest away from the audience
Direction 4 can be described as being…
Stage Left
True or False: Stage Left and Stage Right depends on where I am facing.
False: Stage Left and Stage Right do not change when I change. It will always be determined when I am facing the audience.
Direction 5 can be described as being…
Downstage/front left corner
Direction 6 can be described as being…
Downstage/front right corner
Direction 7 can be described as being…
Upstage/back right corner
Direction 8 can be described as being…
Upstage/back left corner
Devant means…
In front
Derrière means…
Behind
En Avant means…
Travelling forwards
En Arrière means…
Travelling backwards
De Côté means…
Towards the side/sideways
Regardless of where I am standing in the room, do I face directly to the corner of the walls of my dance space when standing on the Croisè or Ouvert alignment?
No, I face the corners of my own dancers box. (This is likely only 11 or 1 o’clock in the room). What you face depends on where you are standing in the room.
What is the french word(s) for ‘in front’?
Devant
What numerical direction would upstage centre be?
3
What does “En Face” mean?
Facing directly to the front
