| A | B |
|---|
| body language | nonverbal communication |
| master gesture | a distinctive action that serves a clue to a character's personality |
| leading center | "leading" with the body |
| countercross | when 2 characters move across stage at the same time |
| cross | one person moving across the stage |
| "share a scene" | when 2 characters stand or sit parallel to eachother |
| "giving a scene" | when actor crosses downstage and turns slightly upstage toward other actor |
| "cheat out" | pivoting torso to face audience |
| "turning the scene in" | when actors shift angles of their bodies and look directly at scene's character |
| "taking yourself out of a scene" | an actor that turns away from audience into a three -quarter back or full back position to draw attention away from self |
| stage combat | onstage fighting |
| knap | the second sound after landing a blow |
| romantic scenes | may involve kissing scenes |
| stage positions | sharing, taking, giving, taking out of scene, dominant stage position |
| actor's positions | full front, three-quarter front, profile, three-quarter, back, full back |
