Pantomime

True or False: Pantomimes can include props and costumes but often don’t; they have the performers mime the items.

• True

• False

True of False: Actors can move when performing tableaux.

• True

• False

True or False: Mimos, is a Greek word meaning, “to imitate or to mimic.”

• True

• False

True or False: When mimes pantomime an object, their hand position will show the weight of an object.

• True

• False

True or False: When mimes pantomime an object, tension in the arms, hands, and body will show the size of the object.

• True

• False

Body movements that people use to create emphasis or meaning. Examples include: pointing, shrugging shoulders, tilting the head.

• Pantomime

• Mime (noun)

• Mime (verb)

• Gesture

• Tableau/Tableaux

To interact with imaginary objects or forces.

• Pantomime

• Mime (noun)

• Mime (verb)

• Gesture

• Tableau/Tableaux

A visual effect in which actors create a picture by standing in a frozen position

• Pantomime

• Mime (noun)

• Mime (verb)

• Gesture

• Tableau/Tableaux

A person who performs the art of mime

• Pantomime

• Mime (noun)

• Mime (verb)

• Gesture

• Tableau/Tableaux

Telling a story without words.

• Pantomime

• Mime (noun)

• Mime (verb)

• Gesture

• Tableau/Tableaux