The relative position or standing of someone in a group to others
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Tension
Mental, emotional, or nervous strain: working under great tension to make a deadlin. Barely controlled hostility or a strained relationship between people or group: the dangerous tension between opposing military powers
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Body language
A form of mental and physical ability of human non verbal communication, consisting of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals almost entirely subconsciously.
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Gesture
A form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages. Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body
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Gestus
An acting technique developed my Brecht. It carries a combination of physical gesture and "gist" or attitude. Gestus carries at least two distinct meanings in Brecht's theatr: uncovering or revealing of the motivations and transactions
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Blocking
The planning and working out of the movements of actors on stage
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Conflict
Opposition of persons or forces giving rise to dramatic action
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Context
Interrelated conditions in which a play exists or occurs
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Collaboration
Two or more people working together in a joint intellectual effort
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Characterisation
The portrayal/development of a personality throughly thought, action, dialogue, costuming and makeup.
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Climax
The point of greatest dramatic tension or transition in a theatrical work
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Epic theatre
Theatrical movement of the early 1920's and 1930 characterised by the use of such artificial devices as cartoons, posters and film sequences
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Genre
The main types of literally form such as tragedy and comedy.The term can also refer to forms that's are more specific to a given historical era
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Level
The height of an actor's head actor as determined by his or her body position (e.g., sittings, lyin,standing, or elevated by an artificial means)
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Mime
An ancient art form based on pantomime in which conventionalised gestures that are used to express ideas rather than represent actions
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Monologue
A long speech by a single character
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Motivation
A characters reason for doing/ saying things in a play
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Objective
A characters goal or intention
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Position
The orientation of the actor to the audience (e.g., full front, right profile, left profile).
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Protagonist
The main character and the character with whom the audience identifies most strongly
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Style
The unique manner in which a writer arranged words the achieve particular effects. Arrangements include individual word choices, length and structure of sentences, tone and irony
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Subtext
Info that is implied by a character but not stated by a character in dialogue, including actions and thoughts
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Tableau
A silent and motioneless depiction of a scene created by actors, often from a picture
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Mental, emotional, or nervous strain: working under great tension to make a deadlin. Barely controlled hostility or a strained relationship between people or group: the dangerous tension between opposing military powers
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Tension
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A form of mental and physical ability of human non verbal communication, consisting of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals almost entirely subconsciously.
Back
Card 4
Front
A form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages. Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body
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Card 5
Front
An acting technique developed my Brecht. It carries a combination of physical gesture and "gist" or attitude. Gestus carries at least two distinct meanings in Brecht's theatr: uncovering or revealing of the motivations and transactions
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