Performance Flashcards
Acting Area
actors move in full view
Acting style
Acting which reflects cultural and historical influences
Action
Development of a plot or story in a play
Analysis
Exploring how Elements of drama are used
What are the three elements of drama?
Literary,technical, and performance
Antagonist
Actively competes against the hero/ a character (protagonist)
Apron
The area between the front curtain and the edge of the stage
Arena stage
Stage Without a frame or arch, audience in-the-round
Articulation
The clarity or distinction of speech
Aside
Lines spoken to audience (not heard by characters on stage)
Black box
A one-room theatre, interior painted black (everything)
Blocking
action by actors on starting , determined by director and marked on script
Business
Unscripted/improvised action to establish emotion. Fill space/pause
Catharsis
The feeling of release by audience at the end of a tragedy
Character
A person portrayed in drama, novel, piece
Characterisation
How an actor uses techniques to develop a character
choreography
the movement of actors and dancers
chorus
-Greek?
a group of performers who sing, dance, or recite in unison, Greek drama between episodes, narrated off-stage
climax
The point of greatest intensity
Comedy
-Shakespeare
-Greek
-Low vs High
humorous!
S: happy ending character -> fortunate
G: contemporary figures and problems. Low=physical>intellectual. High=sophisticated verbal>physical
comic relief
a break in the tension of a tragedy by comedy
concentration
the actor’s focus
conflict
internal or external struggle, creates dramatic tension
contrast
dynamic use of opposites