types:

show 4 types...

hide 4 types...

bowling

the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc

catching

(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

golfing

playing golf

pitching

(baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team

type of:

action

something done (usually as opposed to something said)

types:

show 15 types...

hide 15 types...

characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal

acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

impersonation, personation

imitating the mannerisms of another person

method, method acting

an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed

dumb show, mime, pantomime

a performance using gestures and body movements without words

business, byplay, stage business

incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect

skit

a short theatrical episode

hamming, overacting

poor acting by a ham actor

heroics

ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct

reenactment

performing a role in an event that occurred at an earlier time

roleplaying

acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy)

impression

an impressionistic portrayal of a person

apery, mimicry

the act of mimicking; imitative behavior

panto

an abbreviation of pantomime

schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik

(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention

character, part, persona, role, theatrical role

an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

type of:

activity

any specific behavior

performing arts

arts or skills that require public performance

types:

show 6 types...

hide 6 types...

bowing

managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument

piping

playing a pipe or the bagpipes

stopping

the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch

transposition

(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

spiccato, spiccato bowing

bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings

double stopping

stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time

type of:

musical performance

the act of performing music