1. Week 11 Vocabulary
10/24/16

2. Proscenium Arch
The frame through which the audience sees the performance.

3. Electrics
A horizontal pipe where lighting units are hung in a theater.

4. Tech Rehearsal/ Dress Rehearsal
A run-through of the whole show from start to finish with the performers, crew, lights, costumes, and makeup. Usually the night before the show opens.

5. Strike
the final night of the last performance, when you and everyone will tear down the set, return all your rented materials, and take care of business in general.

6. Call Time
the time that a dancer or actor must report to the theater for either a performance or rehearsal.

7. Bows
At the end of the performance, dancers come on stage and bow, bend body forward, to say “thank you” to the audience as they applaud.

8. Stage Makeup
Stage makeup MUCH heavier than daily makeup and is a necessity anytime one will perform on a stage.
*This is because it must be able to be clearly seen all the way in the back of the audience and with crazy bright lights that wash out everything.

9. Heads Up
Theatre term yelled out when something is falling from above.

10. Spike Mark
Marking the stage floor with an indicator, usually tape, showing the location of a set piece or where a performer is supposed to stand

11. Merde/ Break a Leg
something people tell dancers to wish them "Good Luck" before a performance or audition