Acting and Performance Skills

What this page covers

This page is mostly mind maps. They cover acting methods, character work, voice and movement. Alongside them sit a few quizzes, flashcard decks, notes and slide sets, all made by GoConqr users rather than by GoConqr itself.

Where to begin

Start with the method maps. The Constantin Stanislavski map gives a short life story and the technique that grew from it. The Guidelines for Actors Preparing Scenes map turns ideas into working principles, such as identifying with your character and not being predictable.

Then look at the notes on other approaches, including Adler, Meisner, Strasberg and Practical Aesthetics. Reading them side by side helps you see how the methods differ.

Character, voice and body

• The Monologue Voice Map asks what your character is like, how they look and which story lines they are in.
• The Ballet Shoes-Object Monologue map shows how movement, energy and mood can be planned.
• The Ted Hits Albert map breaks a scene into physical skills, vocal skills, posture and gesture.
• The Vocal Block Test One flashcards ask about neutral posture, warm-ups and voice terms.
• The TYPES OF CLOWNS map is useful if you want to explore clowning.

Using quizzes and maps together

Read a map first, then test yourself. The Drama quiz asks about plots, stage directions and playwrights. Vocal Warm Ups and Les Miserables pairs well with the voice flashcards. If you miss an answer, go back to the matching map and add a note of your own.

Some maps are written for GCSE Drama work, so they suit students preparing a performance or written answers. A few maps are personal rehearsal diaries, which show how other performers reflect on their work.

Where it sits

This unit belongs to the strand Acting, Rehearsal and Devising in the subject Performing arts (theatre, dance). Pick one map today, then make a flashcard deck from it.