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What are drama performance skills?

Performance Techniques and Styles

* Acting Methods

- Actor training (Stanislavski, Meisner, Chekhov)

- Improvisational theatre (Commedia dell'arte)

- Physical Theatre

- Theatre of the Absurd

- Epic theatre

- Brechtian theatre

* Movement and Physicality

- Voice and Speech:

* Vocal projection

* Articulation and diction

* Breathing techniques

* Dialect and accent work

* Stage combat

* Dance

* Mime

* Stagecraft

- Set Design

- Lighting Design

- Sound Design

- Costume and Make-up

- Stage props

* Stage Management

- Planning

- Coordination and Rehearsals

- Execution and Performance

Character Development

* Building a Character

- Physical

- Emotional

- Psychological

- Social

* Creating and Interpreting Dialogue

- Understanding subtext

- Interpreting the script

- Creating backstories

- Character traits

- Relationship with other characters

Rehearsal Techniques

* Table Reads and Script Analysis

- Exploring themes, motifs and symbols

- Research and Historical context

- Collaborative analysis and Interpretation

* Staging

- Blocking

- Movement

- Scene transitions

- Group vs. Individual Scenes

* Technical Rehearsal

- Lighting, Sound, Props

- Costume and makeup

- Cues and Transitions

* Dress Rehearsals

- Costume and Makeup

- Full Technical run

- Final Adjustments

Drama

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