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Theatre Arts I Vocabulary

Chapter 1:  Improvisation:

1. improvisation
2.  spontaneity
3.  "illusion of the first time"
4.  scene-stealing
5.  character-centered approach
6.  situation-centered approach
7.  motivated sequence

 

Chapter 2:  Pantomime and Mime

1.  Pantomime
2.  Gesture
3.  Inclination
4.  Nonverbal Communication
5.  Kinesthesis
6.  Rotation
7.  Cross
8.  Mime
9.  Isolation

Chatper 3:  Voice and Diction

1.  Quality
2.  Pitch
3.  Volume
4.  Schwa
5.  Pronunciation
6.  Resonance
7.  Inflection
8.  Rate
9.  Voiceless
10.  Nasality
11.  Monotone
12.  Diction
13.  Voiced