physical skills

• acting style: a particular manner of acting that reflects cultural and historical context
• blocking: the path formed by the performer's movement on stage
• characterisation: how a performer uses body, voice and thought to develop a character
• focus: the act of concentrating and staying in character
• gesture: any movement of the performer's head, shoulder, arm, leg or foot to convey a meaning
• gait: the way in which someone moves or walks.
• gesture: how a performer moves their body (especially their arms / hands) to illustrate their meaning
• posture: how someone holds themselves. e.g. upright, slouching
• tension: how tightly a performer holds the muscles in different parts of their body.
• weight: can be used to describe how heavily a performer walks
• proxemics: the meaning created by the positioning of actors and set onstage
• facial expressions: how a performer changes their facial features to convey a meaning
• interaction: how two or more characters communicate onstage, especially physically
• eye level: where the performer is looking [e.g. high eye line = looking up, low eye line = looking down]
• eye contact: refers to the eye contact between the characters and what this communicates to the audience
• body language: communication coming from movement or position, particularly facial expressions, gestures and the relative positions of a speaker and listener.
• non - verbal communication: communicating without the use of speech [verbal].
• stillness: A lack of movement can have just as much impact as movement.
• mime: acting with no words