performance skills EFAART

Question 1

what does EFAART stand for?

Answer 1

energy, focus, actor-audience relationship, timing

Question 2

what does it mean by energy?

Answer 2

Energy is the intensity an actor brings to a performance.

Question 3

what does it mean by focus?

Answer 3

Focus is the ability of the actor to commit to their performance and to use concentration to sustain characters.

Question 4

what does it mean by actor-audience relationship?

Answer 4

The actor considers what impact they intend their performance to have on the audience. The actor-audience relationship is the way in which an actor deliberately manipulates the audience’s moods, emotions and responses to the action.

Question 5

what does it mean by timing?

Answer 5

Timing is used to control or regulate the pace of a performance.