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Subject : performing-arts
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1. The ______ is what his or her character does to try to fulfill a need by attaining some objective. Stanislavski spoke of both spiritual (inner) and physical (outer). Note that speaking is one of the most common forms - in other words speaking is doin






2. Stanislavski's classic question. If I were in the situation of the character - and if I wanted what the character wants - what would I do?






3. Showing the audience something about the character instead of simply doing what the character does.






4. Won an acting competition in Athens - Greece in 534 B.C. Considered the first actor.






5. German word for power. The actor's physical and vocal tools.






6. The dramatic ______ is what happens in the story - scene - or beat in the most fundamental sense.






7. The goal of a character pursues through action to satisfy a need. It is best identified using a transitive verb such as - 'to persuade him to give me a territory in town.'






8. Stanislavski's physical approach to acting.






9. Although it has a literal - physical dimension - being in a state of________ implies a unified sense of self that allows actions to involve the whole body and be well focused.






10. The event itself. It is not 'about' something.






11. Singular - Immediate - & Personal. (SIP)






12. The reduction of self-consciousness from the total engrossment in a role.






13. An actor's ability to put himself in the place of another person - both for purposes of observation and for applying the Magic If to a role. It is possible to empathize with someone without sympathizing with that person.






14. Something a character lacks or wants that drives him to pursue an action to satisfy that lack or desire.






15. Three finger widths below your navel. The origin of breath and therefore your voice - as well as all large motions of the body. The undistorted source from which our work begins in order to develop the unique ways of using our bodies and voice requir






16. An actor devoted to searching for the truth of human behavior. The craft of working 'from the inside out'.


17. Meyerhold. The fusion of mind and body; teaching the 'body how to think'.






18. The key to almost everything in acting. For an actor - _______ is not a reduction of energy but rather a freeing of energy and a readiness to react. AKA Restful Alertness. The first step in Letting Go. Awareness is at a high level.






19. Believed the qualities of a good play and a good actor should be: 1) Believable. 2) Connect with the audience in a personal way. AKA Empathy 3) Immediacy 4) Communicate 'truthfulness'. Present experiences in a meaningful way relative to the audience.






20. This occurs when: Everything the actor does as the character should grow directly out of the needs of the character - so that the 'inner' world of the character and the 'outer' world of the performance are unified.






21. Becoming the new version of yourself by needing and doing what the character needs and does.






22. Bertolt Brecht's idea that the actor does not become the character completely - but rather demonstrates the character's behavior for the audience while still expressing some attitude about it.






23. The exchange of action and reaction.






24. The condition of relaxed playfulness that some psychologists say allows for maximum creativity. When the inner parent allows the inner child to come out and play.






25. Finding in the character's situation some need or objective that has true personal significance.