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Setting up your BLOG

Performing Arts

Keep your phones handy, and we'll look up any terminology we don't know together.

Performing Arts

Theatre Terminology Quiz 

What is a 'protagonist'?

1. A character's backstory
2. The leading character or hero
3. One of the ensemble actors
4. The bad character in a story/villain

What does 'hot seating' involve?

1. Performing in front of a live audience
2. Actor answers questions in character
3. An interview method used with chair that is hot
4. When a character is in a dangerous situation

What is a 'cue' in theatre?

1. Signal for an actor to perform (physically, verbally)
2. A type of characterisation
3. When actors queue up to audition
4. Audience members queuing to enter the theatre.

What does 'ad-lib' refer to?

1. Following a strict script
2. Improvising part of a speech
3. Reading from a teleprompter
4. Following choreography exactly as rehearsed

What is a 'fourth wall'?

1. A physical barrier on the stage
2. Imaginary wall between audience and stage
3. A lighting technique used in theater
4. A rule that prevents actors from moving too much

What is a dialogue scene between two people?

1. Soliloquy
2. Duologue
3. Monologue
4. Mime

What term describes voice pitch variation?

1. Blocking
2. Breathing
3. Vibration
4. Articulation

What is choreography in performance?

1. Dialogue scene
2. Acting out
3. Movement planning and arranging
4. Voice projection

What do we call a speech by one performer?

1. Duologue
2. Soliloquy
3. Dialogue
4. Monologue

What is the act of speaking clearly called?

1. Blocking
2. Projection
3. Articulation
4. Resonance

What is a characteristic of Pantomime?

1. Characters rely only on spoken dialogue to tell the story
2. Exaggerated movements and expressions are used to communicate.
3. Performers must always follow a strict script without improvisation
4. The genre is only used for serious dramatic performances

What defines Immersive Theatre?

1. Exaggerated character emotions
2. Audience becomes part of performance
3. Fixed seating arrangements
4. Scripted performances

What is a key feature of Forum Theatre?

1. Spontaneous performances
2. Abstract sets and costumes
3. Audience interaction and participation
4. Highly exaggerated emotions

What does Expressionism emphasise?

1. Believable dialogue
2. Emotional content of the play
3. Real life settings
4. Audience participation

Who is associated with Epic Theatre?

1. Bertolt Brecht
2. Anton Chekhov
3. Stephen Wangh
4. Augusto Boal

What is a technical rehearsal?

1. No lighting or sound used
2. First full tech run of the show
3. Uses all technical elements
4. Only for actors' performances

What is included in the prompt book?

1. Master copy of the script
2. Costume designs
3. Set design sketches
4. All technical cues

What is a sound board used for?

1. Adjusting audio levels
2. Controlling sound effects
3. Projecting images on stage
4. Hanging stage curtains

What happens during a dress rehearsal?

1. Actors wear full costumes
2. No props are used
3. All production elements are in place
4. Only technical staff are present

What is a batten used for?

1. Controlling sound effects
2. Painting actor's faces
3. Hanging lighting fixtures
4. Hanging stage curtains

What is the orchestra pit?

1. Sunken area for musicians in front
2. The area farthest from the audience

What is a backdrop?

1. A painted cloth or curtain on stage
2. The front stage curtain

What does the term 'backstage' refer to?

1. The area closest to the audience
2. Non-performance areas of the stage

Homework - Personal Research (BLOG)

Write down an explenator paragrah with minimum of 100 words and add a hptos explani ghte follwng:

Forth wall (picture, what is is hwo is that important for the actor work, give an exampel when teh yuse it)

Upstage Right

Upstage Center

Upstage left

Center Stage right

Center Stage

Center stage left

Downstage left 

Downstage center

Downstage right

Backstage

Wings

Downstage left 

Downstage Centre 

Downstage Right 

Centre Stage right

Upstage Centre

Upstage right 

Centre Stage Left 

Upstage left 

Centre Stage 

How is a play divided?

1. By episodes
2. By acts
3. By seasons
4. By chapters

What are the 7 questions proposed by Stanislavski?

Konstantin Stanislavski

Charlie Chaplin

William Shakespeare

Anton Chekhov

What is the term for a long speech by a single actor?

1. Monologue
2. Prologue
3. Dialogue
4. Soliloquy

What is the area where the performers enter and exit the stage called?

1. Fly system
2. Backdrop
3. Wings
4. Apron

Which term describes the person responsible for the design and construction of sets?

1. Dramaturg
2. Stage manager
3. Set designer
4. Props master

What is the term for the final rehearsal before a performance with all elements in place?

1. Tech rehearsal
2. Blocking rehearsal
3. Table work
4. Dress rehearsal