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Performance Flashcards

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Acting Area

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Area within the performance space, actors move in full view (playing area)

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Acting style

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Acting which reflects cultural and historical influences

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Action

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Development of a plot or story in a play

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Analysis

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Exploring how Elements of drama are used

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What are the three elements of drama?

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Literary,technical, and performance

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Antagonist

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Actively competes against the hero/ a character (protagonist)

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Apron

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The area between the front curtain and the edge of the stage

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Arena stage

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Stage Without a frame or arch, audience in-the-round

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Articulation

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The clarity or distinction of speech

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Aside

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Lines spoken to audience (not heard by characters on stage)

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Black box

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A one-room theatre, interior painted black (everything)

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Blocking

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action by actors on stage, determined by director and marked on script

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Business

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Unscripted/improvised action to establish emotion. Fill space/pause

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Catharsis

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The feeling of release by audience at the end of a tragedy

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Character

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A person portrayed in drama, novel, piece

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Characterisation

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How an actor uses techniques to develop a character

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choreography

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the movement of actors and dancers

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chorus
-Greek?

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a group of performers who sing, dance, or recite in unison, Greek drama between episodes, narrated off-stage

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climax

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The point of greatest intensity

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20
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Comedy
-Shakespeare
-Greek
-Low vs High

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humorous!
S: happy ending character -> fortunate
G: contemporary figures and problems. Low=physical>intellectual. High=sophisticated verbal>physical

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comic relief

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a break in the tension of a tragedy by comedy

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concentration

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the actor’s focus

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conflict

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internal or external struggle, creates dramatic tension

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contrast

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dynamic use of opposites

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denouement

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The moment in a drama when the essential plot point is unravelled
or explained.

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development

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progression of the plot or conflict in a play.

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27
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dialogue

A

express
thoughts, feelings, and actions.

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dynamic

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the energetic range of or variations within physical movement/ levels of sound

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29
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end on

A

layout where the audience is looking at
the stage from the same direction

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30
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ensemble

A

theatrical
production. interaction and harmonious blending

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exposition

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introduces the theme, characters, circumstances.

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32
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farce (French “to stuff”)

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an extreme form of comedy. improbable events and
farfetched coincidences

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33
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flashback

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in a non-linear plot, to go back in time to a previous event; a flash

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focus

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concentrating or staying in character

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35
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fourth wall

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the invisible wall of a set, audience sees action

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36
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genre
dramas categories?

A

drama is a literary
genre
-tragedy, comedy, farce, and
melodrama, can be subdivided.

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37
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gesture

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any movement of the actor’s limbs

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38
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imaging

A

performers slow down and focus
individually on issue by bits of narration, music, sounds, smells

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39
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improvisation

A

acting done without a
script. spontaneous

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40
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inflection

A

change in pitch or loudness of the voice

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41
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interaction

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the action or relationship among characters.

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irony
-Verbal
-situational
-dramatic

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V- writer or
speaker says one thing means other.
S- conflict between expected results
and the actual results.
D- audience knows vs character

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43
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isolation (body parts)

A

ability to control or move one
part of the body independently of the rest.

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kinaesthetic

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resulting from the sensation of bodily position, presence, or
movement.

45
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language

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particular manner of verbal expression suggests type of character

46
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mannerism

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a peculiarity of speech or behaviour.

47
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melodrama
-when originated?
-Features?

A

19th century, sensationalism and sentimentality. tend to feature
action>motivation, stock characters, and a strict view of
morality in which good triumphs>evil.

48
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mime

A

acting without words

49
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mirroring

A

copying the movement
exactly

50
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monologue

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a long speech made by one actor

51
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mood

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the tone or feeling of the play, often engendered by the music, set, light

52
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motivation

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the reason or reasons for a character’s behaviour

53
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movement

A

stage blocking or the movements of the actors + action of the play

54
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naturalism
when originated?
features?

A

late 19th century represents real life on stage without
artifice
the actions of characters dominated by determinism (societal or environmental forces)

55
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pace

A

rate of movement or speed of action

56
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parody

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a mocking or satirical imitation of a literary or dramatic work

57
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performance
elements

A

acting, speaking and nonverbal expression

58
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pitch

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the particular level of a voice, instrument or tune.

59
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plot

A

the events of a play as opposed to the
theme.

60
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plot development

A

the organization or building of the action

61
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posture

A

conveys info about the character (stance)

62
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projection

A

how well the voice carries to the audience.

63
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prompt

A

to give actors their lines as a reminder

64
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Proscenium
when most important?

A

arch separating the stage from the auditorium. Realistic
playwrights of the 19th century, imaginary forth wall

65
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protagonist

A

the main character or hero in a play

66
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proxemics

A

SPACE relationship between performers info about
character and circumstances

67
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realism
when originated?
features?

A

(from 1820 to 1920)
represent everyday life and people as they are.
focus on the conditions of the working class.

68
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resolution

A

how conflict is solved or concluded.

69
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rhythm

A

measured flow of words or phrases in verse form patterns of
sound.

70
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ritual

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a prescribed form or ceremony; drama grew out of religious ritual.

71
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role

A

the character portrayed by an actor

72
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role playing

A

improvising to put oneself in another’s
place

73
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satire
features?

A

a play in which sarcasm, irony, and ridicule used to expose folly or pretension in society.

74
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scene

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a small section or portion of a play

75
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scenography

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making scene light, costume, set , space and sound.

76
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set

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the physical surroundings, visible to the audience

77
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setting

A

when and where the action of a play takes place.

78
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sightlines

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imaginary lines of sight, for audience view

79
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soliloquy

A

speech-inner thoughts of character aloud

80
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sound

A

the effects an audience hears communicate character, context, or environment.

81
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sound elements

A

music, sound effects, actors’ voices.

82
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space

A

a defined area

83
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spatial
awareness

A

traditional term for proxemics. Spatial signifiers

84
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stage presence

A

the level of comfort, commitment, and energy an actor appears to
have on stage

85
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staging

A

where the
actors stand, act, plot, lighting, effect on audience

86
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stock characters

A

representative personality types Greek/Roman comedy +commedia dell’ arte

87
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story line

A

the plot or plan of action

88
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structure

A

‘prologue, exposition, denouement’ timeline

89
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stylisation

A

dramatic material, settings, or costumes nom-realistic

90
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suspense

A

uncertainty as to the outcome

91
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symbolism

A

the use of symbolic language, imagery, or colour to evoke emotions
or ideas.

92
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tableau
(freezeframe)

A

actors create a frozen
picture, as if the action were paused

93
Q

tempo

A

relative speed or rate of movement

94
Q

tension

A

the state of anxiety the audience feels

95
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text

A

a written script or structure for an improvisation

96
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theatre games

A

improvisational exercises for breaking down inhibitions or
establishing trust.

97
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theatre-in-the-round:

A

may be viewed from all sides
simultaneously

98
Q

theme

A

the basic idea of a play

99
Q

thrust

A

a stage into the audience area, with seats on three
sides

100
Q

timbre

A

The distinctive character or quality of a musical or vocal sound

101
Q

timing (3 aspects)

A

-setting cues for effects and lighting
-pace of delivery
-simultaneous

102
Q

traverse

A

the audience is on either side of the stage

103
Q

turning point:

A

the climax, when events can go either way.

104
Q

vocal expression

A

how an actor uses voice to convey character

105
Q

upstage: (verb)

A

draw the audience’s attention away from another
actor. they need to turn from audience

106
Q

vocal projection

A

directing the voice out to be heard at a distance

107
Q

voice

A

vocal qualities an actor uses
articulation, phrasing, and pronunciation.

108
Q

wings

A

offstage areas to the right and left of the acting/onstage area.

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