Stage Movement I Midterm

5 Qualities of Movement

Suspend/collapse, Swing, Percussive, Vibratory, Sustain

Energy

Charge - Release

Orientation

Contact - Withdraw

Size

Expand - Contract

Progression

Center - Periphery

Flow

Free - Bound

Direction

Direct - Indirect

Speed

Fast - Slow

Weight

Light - Heavy

Control

Stable - Unstable

Focus

Sharp - Diffused

Isolation

Allows audience's focus to be on one specific thing

Keep mask available

Don't disengage the audience

Avoid inactivity

Don't just stand still. Breathing is still activity.

Economical movement > Extraneous movement

Make movement specific and justified. Allows for clarity.

Dynamic shifts with full instrument

Voice, body, and inner life shift with dynamics

Controlled breathing

Don't indicate with breath. Steady breathing allows for less tension and more control.

Complete beats

Have a defined start and finish to beats.

Expressive Action

Any physical action that simultaneously contains and reveals thought and feeling.

Expressive actions are...

the smallest units of human communication

An expressive action is NOT...

a physical task

The physical life of a thought or feeling is revealed through the...

voice and body

Complex integreation of the whole person

Skillful coordination of emotional, physical, and mental experience

It is through movement that ________ is created in the body of the actor

feeling

Expressive actions begins with...

sensation

We act on our sensations when we respond to an....

inner impulse

Physical expression relies on...

the spine

Movement begins in the _______

pelvis (center of body) and flows out into the periphery of the arms, legs hands, feet, and head

Strength and power is generated from...

the center

Moving from center allows you _______, ________, and ________

power, grounded-ness, and control

_________ is the foundation of healthy vocal and physical expression.

Breathing

When does an expressive action occur?

When the increased energy associated with our thoughts and feelings is successfully organized into a form that communicates our thoughts and feelings to others.

A complex expressive action reflects.....

a synthesis of both verbal and nonverbal forms of communication

______ ______ describe expressive actions.

Action verbs

Objectives describe the ______.

why

Expressive actions describe the ______.

what

Many expressive actions unite to....

help the character achieve a single objective

First function

Body, doing, feeling, intuition, nonverbal, sensing, movement.

Second function

Mind, saying, speaking, intellect, verbal, thinking, language.

Moving freely

All movements must be free with no hesitancy. No holding back!