| A | B |
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| eyes and mouth | The two things a mime should emphasize with makeup. |
| facial expressions, gestures, and movement | The three things an actor uses in pantomime. |
| cross | To move from one place to another onstage. |
| Marcel Marceau | The Frenchman who was one of the best known mimes in history. |
| nonverbal communication | The general term for expressing ideas and emotions without using words; the essence of pantomime and mime. |
| mime | The art form that does not precisely imitate real-life physical action, but gives an illusion of the action. |
| first form of acting | pantomime |
| pantomime | The art of imitating real-life actions without using words. |
| "The art of silence" | Pantomime is often called this. |
| gesture | Hand and arm movements and facial expressions that help express an idea or an emotion. |
| posture | This is fundamental to your health and personal appearance. |
| eyes | One of the body parts most mimes emphasize with makeup. |
| walking | While doing this, an actor should maintain good posture, keep shoulders square, and chest high. |
| think "TALL" | An actor should do this to help with good posture. |
| plodding OR tiny | These types of steps should be avoided while walking on stage. |
| forward, spine at 90 degree angle | An actor should sit this way in a chair. |
| toward the audience | If an actor needs to turn on stage, he or she should turn this way. |
| lower the body by segments | This is the correct way to FALL on stage. |
| low to the ground | An actor's body should be in this position before actually falling. |
| soft parts of the body | These parts of the body should absorb a stage fall. |
| bony projections | These parts of the body should NOT absorb a stage fall. |
| head | During a stage fall, this part of the body should be the most important part to protect. |
| characterization | Revealed through nonverbal expression by using IMAGINATION and IMITATION. |
| white | With mime makeup, this color is used to neutralize the face. |
| eyebrows | Some mimes draw these above their natural ones to make the face appear longer. |
| black and white | These colors are worn by traditional mimes. |
