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        | Create & perform without preparation |  | 
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        | A person who acts first & thinks later |  | 
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        | “Illusion of the first time” |  | Definition 
 
        | Situation in which an audience is led to believe that each performance is the first |  | 
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        | Calling attention to ones presence onstage and diverting attention away from the main actors. |  | 
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        | Character-centered-approach |  | Definition 
 
        | An approach to telling a story that focuses on a character or a group of characters who experience different situations. |  | 
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        | situation-centered-approach |  | Definition 
 
        | An approach to telling a story that takes a single situation or a series of situations and puts characters in them to show how different personalities respond to the same event. |  | 
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        | The natural way in which a person responds to stimulus- the brain registers, the body responds and then reacts as mirrored by an actor in an improvisation. |  | 
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        | To be visible on stage but not to play an active part in the scene |  | 
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        | A question that can be answered with a yes or no that shuts down the flow of the dialogue |  | 
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