Name:__________KEY__________’s Vocab Sheet
1. Stage directions are “actions that are written down.
2. A lazzi is “is a comedic routine performed onstage.”
3. Somersault- a backwards or forwards roll where the feet go over the head to land on the feet again.
4. Somersault flop- a backwards or forwards roll where the feet go over the head, but stay extended at the end of the somersault.
5. Trip- a stumble over an object or part of the body.
6. Pratt fall- a safe stage fall
7. Fish flop- a fall where the tummy sticks out and the actor teeter totters on his belly
8. Partner balances- when two or more actors share each others weight
9. Extreme emotions- everything is a “huge deal.”
10. Fiasco face is when a performer lets all the muscles in her face relax and leaves the mouth slightly agape when confronted with a particularly confusing situation.
1. Stage directions are “actions that are written down.
2. A lazzi is “is a comedic routine performed onstage.”
3. Somersault- a backwards or forwards roll where the feet go over the head to land on the feet again.
4. Somersault flop- a backwards or forwards roll where the feet go over the head, but stay extended at the end of the somersault.
5. Trip- a stumble over an object or part of the body.
6. Pratt fall- a safe stage fall
7. Fish flop- a fall where the tummy sticks out and the actor teeter totters on his belly
8. Partner balances- when two or more actors share each others weight
9. Extreme emotions- everything is a “huge deal.”
10. Fiasco face is when a performer lets all the muscles in her face relax and leaves the mouth slightly agape when confronted with a particularly confusing situation.
