(Grade 3+) Staging & Alignments

Question 1

Corner 5 is my: front left corner, back left corner, front right corner, or back right corner?

Answer 1

Front Left Corner

Question 2

Corner 6 is my: front left corner or front right corner?

Answer 2

Front Right Corner

Question 3

Downstage is the front or back of the stage?

Answer 3

Front of the stage

Question 4

Why do we use the words downstage and upstage to describe areas of the stage?

Answer 4

Because stages are traditionally ‘raked’ or sloped on an angle to help the audience see everyone performing

Question 5

Croisé means to ___?

Answer 5

Cross

Question 6

Ouvert means to ___?

Answer 6

Open

Question 7

What is another word for the back of the stage?

Answer 7

Upstage

Question 8

Stage Left is my left or the audience’s left?

Answer 8

My Left

Question 9

Stage Right is the audience’s right side of the stage. True or False?

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Corner 8 is which corner of the stage?

Answer 10

Upstage Left / Back Left Corner

Question 11

The number directions of the stage move round the room clockwise or anti-clockwise?

Answer 11

Clockwise

Question 12

Where is number 1?

Answer 12

Straight to the front

Question 13

Are numbers 1-4 corners or walls of your performance space?

Answer 13

Walls

Question 14

Standing on the Croisé alignment with the right foot devant means I am facing ever so slightly towards the Left or Right?

Answer 14

Left

Question 15

Standing on the Croisé alignment with the left foot devant means I am facing corner 5 or 6?

Answer 15

Corner 6

Question 16

Upstage Right is which direction number?

Answer 16

Corner 7

Question 17

Direction 1 can be described as being…

Answer 17

Downstage centre/the front/closest to the audience

Question 18

Direction 2 can be described as being…

Answer 18

Stage Right

Question 19

Direction 3 can be described as being…

Answer 19

Upstage centre/the back/furthest away from the audience

Question 20

Direction 4 can be described as being…

Answer 20

Stage Left

Question 21

True or False: Stage Left and Stage Right depends on where I am facing.

Answer 21

False: Stage Left and Stage Right do not change when I change. It will always be determined when I am facing the audience.

Question 22

Direction 5 can be described as being…

Answer 22

Downstage/front left corner

Question 23

Direction 6 can be described as being…

Answer 23

Downstage/front right corner

Question 24

Direction 7 can be described as being…

Answer 24

Upstage/back right corner

Question 25

Direction 8 can be described as being…

Answer 25

Upstage/back left corner

Question 26

Devant means…

Answer 26

In front

Question 27

Derrière means…

Answer 27

Behind

Question 28

En Avant means…

Answer 28

Travelling forwards

Question 29

En Arrière means…

Answer 29

Travelling backwards

Question 30

De Côté means…

Answer 30

Towards the side/sideways

Question 31

Regardless of where I am standing in the room, do I face directly to the corner of the walls of my dance space when standing on the Croisè or Ouvert alignment?

Answer 31

No, I face the corners of my own dancers box. (This is likely only 11 or 1 o’clock in the room). What you face depends on where you are standing in the room.

Question 32

What is the french word(s) for ‘in front’?

Answer 32

Devant

Question 33

What numerical direction would upstage centre be?

Answer 33

3

Question 34

What does “En Face” mean?

Answer 34

Facing directly to the front