Acting Style - ANSWERA particular manner or acting which reflects cultural and historical influences.
Antagonist - ANSWERThe opponent or adversary of a hero or main character or a drama; one who opposes and actively competes with another character in the play, most often with the protagonist.
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Acting Style - ANSWERA particular manner or acting which reflects cultural and historical influences.
Antagonist - ANSWERThe opponent or adversary of a hero or main character or a drama; one who
opposes and actively competes with another character in the play, most often with the protagonist.
Articulation - ANSWERThe clarity or distinction of speech.
Aside - ANSWERLines spoken by a performer to the audience and not supposed to be overheard by
other characters onstage.
Blocking - ANSWERThe path formed by the performer's movement on stage, usually determined by
the director with assistance from the performer and often written down in a script using commonly
accepted theatrical symbols.
Business - ANSWERA piece of unscripted or improvised action, often comic in intention, used to
establish a character, fill a pause in dialogue, or to establish a scene. An author may simply suggest
'business' to indicate the need for some action at that point in the play.
Characterisation - ANSWERHow a performer uses body, voice, and thought to develop and portray a
character.
Choreography - ANSWERThe movement of performance and dancers to music in a play.
Chorus - ANSWERA group of performers who sing, dance, or recite in unison; in Greek drama, the
chorus was the group of performers who sang and danced between episodes, narrated off-stage
action, and commented on events.
Concentration - ANSWERThe performer's focus, also called entering; focusing on the work at hand,
being in character, or being in the moment.
Dialogue - ANSWERSpoken conversation used by two or more characters to express thoughts,
feelings, and actions.
Focus - ANSWERIn acting, the act of concentrating or staying in character.
Gesture - ANSWERAny movement of the performer's head, shoulder, arm, hand, leg, or foot to
convey meaning.
Imaging - ANSWERA technique which allows performers to slow down and focus individually on an
issue. The performers, sitting quietly with eyes closed, allow pictures to form in their minds. These
images may be motivated by bits of narration, music, sounds, smells, etc.
Improvisation - ANSWERThe spontaneous use of movement and speech to create a character or
object in a particular situation; acting done without a script.
Inflection - ANSWERChange in pitch or loudness of the voice.
Interaction - ANSWERThe action or relationship among two or more characters.
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