Dance Test
Theater definitions for upcoming dance performance.
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- acting area
- are in which performance can take place
- dress rehearsal
- a ful rehearsal with technical elements brought together
- blocking
- process of arranging moves to be made by the performers during the show
- upstage
- to force another actor into the sidelines
- cast
- the performers
- stage presence
- the ability to command attention from the audience/to emit energy
- comstumes
- the clothes worn by the performers onstage
- call
- a request for an actor to come to the stage/time you're required to be at stage
- marking
- correctly performing steps w/o full energy
- company
- the cast, crew, and other staff associated with a show
- strike
- to reman objects from stage, to clear the stage of all equipment
- backstage
- area of the performance space where actors cannot be seen by the audience
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- superstitious alternative to "good luck"
- wings
- backstage area on the sides directly adjacent to the acting area
- cue
- a sign or command given to know to get ready to perform an action
- curtain call
- at the end of the performance, the bows the performers take