Performance skills

• Performance skills

  Both physical and vocal skills
• Vocal skills


  • Pitch
  • Pace
  • Tone
  • Pause
  • Volume
• Pitch


  How high or low the voice is
• Pace


  How fast or slow the voice is
• Tone


  The emotional quality of the voice
• Pause


  When the actor stops speaking
• Volume


  How loud or quiet the voice is
• Physical skills


  • Facial expressions
  • Gestures
  • Eye contact
  • Gait
  • Posture
• Facial expressions


  Say something about the character's emotions and feelings
• Gestures


  Convey a character's feelings
• Eye contact


  Tells the audience about the character's relationship with other characters
• Gait


  Can convey confidence/status
• Posture


  Conveys emotions/status/confidence
• Spatial skills


  • Proxemics
  • Levels
  • Position on stage
• Proxemics


  • How close a character is to other characters
  • Conveys relationships/power
• Levels


  • The height of a character compared to others
  • Conveys status/power
• Position on stage

  • Where the character is
  • upstage, downstage, centre stage, etc.