Theater Vocabulary Ad-lib: to create dialogue or movement off the top of your head, without a script. Aesthetics: of or pertaining to the criticism of taste and a sense of the beautiful. Use
Theater Vocabulary
Ad-lib: to create dialogue or movement off the top of your head, without a script. Aesthetics: of or pertaining to the criticism of taste and a sense of the beautiful. Use of design principles and elements such as form, line, unity, variety and emphasis to create a pleasing work of art. Antagonist: main character who opposes the protagonist. Apron: the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain. Arena Theater: staging with the audience sitting on all four sides of the playing area. Articulation: the clear and precise pronunciation of words. Aside: words spoken by a character to the audience. The other characters supposedly do not hear the speech. Backdrop: painted curtain without folds, hung from battens. Backstage: area behind scenery not visible to the audience. Base: foundation color used for stage make-up. Batten: horizontal pipe suspended over the stage, from which scenery, lights and curtains are hung. Blackout: all stage lights go off simultaneously. Blocking: director’s planned movement for the characters. Break character: when the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character. Business: detailed bits of action such as knitting, setting the table, etc., as distinguished from broad stage movement. Callback: an invitation to an actor to return for a second audition. Cheat: to play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage Color-blind casting: casting without regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors. Cold reading: auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition. Countercross: a small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor. Cover: to hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience. Critique: evaluations and suggestions. Cross: an actor’s move from one part of the stage to another. Cue: 1)last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor’s speech. 2)a signal for light changes, curtains, etc. Cut: 1) delete. 2)a command to stop action and dialogue. Cyclorama (cyc): a sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage. Dark: the days/nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled. Dimmers: unit to control intensity of lights. Dress the stage: 1)keep the stage picture balanced. 2)decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space. Dry-tech: run through of all technical aspects of the show, without the actors. Exit: direction for an actor to leave the stage. Opposite of ”enter”. Flat: usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery Flexible theater: seats can be arranged for proscenium, arena or thrust staging. Flies: area above stage where scenery is hung or stored by lines from the grid. Floodlights: lights without lenses; used for blending and toning. Fly rail: bar to which rigging ropes are tied. Focus: 1) center attention on. 2) center light beam on. Forth wall: imaginary wall between stage and audience. Fresnel: spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam; hung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas. Gelatin (gel): transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights. Gesture: movement of separate parts of the body, such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder. Give: throw focus on the important character in a scene. Greenroom: actor’s lounge backstage. Grip (techie): stage crew member who shifts scenery. Handprops: properties carried on stage by the actors during the play. Holding for laughs: waiting for the audience laughter to diminish before continuing dialogue. House: seating within the auditorium. House lights: auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission. Levels: platforms or body position of various heights. Mask: to cover something from audience view. Motivate: to have a specific reason for sayin
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Open-up: to play toward the audience. Pantomime (mime): bodily movement and expression without dialogue. Pick up cues: to quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue. Pit (orchestra pit): area between the stage and first row of seats. Places: warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene Plot: 1) sequence of events in a play. 2) production plan of backstage items, such as a light plot or costume plot. Project: increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience (and room 104-ha,ha) Prompt book: contains script, blocking notations, warnings, crew charts, and other information necessary for producing the play. Properties (props): set furnishings, including furniture, pictures, ornaments, drapes, etc. Proscenium: permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play. Protagonist: main character with whom audience empathy lies. Quick study: one who can memorize a part rapidly. Raked house: slanted floor, allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front. Royalty: money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play. Run: length of stage engagement for a performance. Run through: rehearse scene without interruption. Scoop: a floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector; can be hung from battens. Scrim: loose weave curtain on battens used for “visions”, “flashbacks”, etc. opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back. Script: printed or typewritten copy of the play. Set: 1) scenery. 2)establish definite movements and lines. Set piece: three-dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself, such as a rock. Share: to assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor. Shift: change scenery. Soliloquy: long speech given by a character when they are alone on stage to chow their thoughts or to explain the plot; used frequently by Shakespeare. Spotlight: lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination. Stage directions: indications to the director and actors about various aspects of the play, including information on characters, how a play should proceed, how a play should look, and the mood or effects of a play. Stage manager: the director’s technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances. Stealing the scene: taking audience attention away from the proper focal point. Also called “upstaging”. Strike: take down set and props after the show’s final performance. Subtext: Thoughts the actor has that are unspoken, but motivate what they say and do. Take stage: to capture audience attention legitimate, as opposed to “give,” or “share”. Teaser: overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening. Theme: basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements. Thrust stage: a combination of the proscenium and the arena stages, with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area. Timing: to give lines and movement at the exact, effective moment. Topping: to exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech. Trap: opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it. Tryouts: auditions for parts in a play. Understudy: actor who is able to play a given role in an emergency. Walk on: a part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say Wings: off stage to right and left of the acting area. Work lights: white lights used solely for rehearsal. In some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights.
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ARCH [атч] - арка, прогиб торса назад. BATTEMENT AVELOPPE [батман авлоппе] - противоположное battement developpe движение, "рабочая" нога из открытого положения через passe опускается в заданную позицию. BODY ROLL [боди ролл] - группа наклонов торса, связанная с поочередным перемещением центра корпуса в боковой или фронтальной плоскости (синоним "волна"). BOUNCE [баунс] - трамплинное покачивание вверх-вниз, в основном происходит либо за счет сгибания и разгибания коленей, либо пульсирующими наклонами торса. BRUCH [браш] - скольжение или мазок всей стопой по полу перед открытием ноги в воздух или при закрытии в позицию. CONTRACTION [контракпш] - сжатие, уменьшение объема корпуса и округление позвоночника, начинается в центре таза, постепенно захватывая весь позвоночник, исполняется на выдохе. CORKSCREW TURN [корскру повороты] - "штопорные" повороты, при которых исполнитель повышает или понижает уровень вращения. CURVE [кёрф] - изгиб верхней части позвоночника (до "солнечного сплетения") вперед или в сторону. DEEP BODY BEND [диип боди бэнд] - наклон торсом вперед ниже 90°, сохраняя прямую линию торса и рук. DEEP CONTRACTION [диип контракшн] - сильное сжатие в центр тела, в котором участвуют все сочленения, т.е. в это движение включаются руки, ноги и голова. DRОP [дроп] - падение расслабленного торса вперед или в сторону. FLAT BACK [флэт бэк] - наклон торса вперед, в сторону (на 90°), назад с прямой спиной, без изгиба торса. FLEX [флекс] - сокращенная стопа, кисть или колени. FLIK [флик] - мазок стопой по полу к опорной ноге. HINGE [хинч] - положение танцора, при котором прямой, без изгибов торс отклоняется назад на максимальное расстояние, колени согнуты, стопы на полупальцах, HIP LIFT [хип лифт] - подъем бедра вверх. JAZZ HAND [джаз хэнд] - положение кисти, при котором пальцы напряжены и разведены в стороны. KICK [кик] - бросок ноги вперед или в сторону на 45° или 90° через вынимание приемом developpe, POINT [пойнт] - вытянутое положение стопы. RELEASE [релиз] - расширение объема тела, которое происходит на вдохе. ROLL DOWN [ролл даун] - спиральный наклон вниз-вперед, начиная от головы. ROLL UP [ролл an] - обратное движение, связанное с постепенным раскручиванием и выпрямлением торса в исходную позицию. SHIMMI [шимми] - спиральное, закручивающееся движение пелвисом вправо и влево, SIDE STRETCH [сайд стрэтч] - боковое растяжение торса, наклон торса вправо или влево. STEP BALL CHANGE [стэп болл чендж] - связующий шаг, состоящий из шага в сторону или вперед и двух переступаний на полупальцах (синоним step pa de hour ее, SUNDARI [зундари] - движение головы, заключающееся в смещении шейных позвонков вправо-влево и вперед-назад. СВИНГ - раскачивание любой частью тела (рукой, ногой, головой, торсом) в особом джазовом ритме. THRUST [фраст] - резкий рывок грудной клеткой или пелвисом вперед, в сторону или назад. TILT [тилт] - угол, поза, при которой торс отклоняется в сторону или вперед от вертикального положения, "рабочая" нога может быть открыта в противоположном направлении на 90° и выше.
