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If you're questioning the title, here's a little hint...vocabulary, specifically that of the theater. A few days ago the class was prompted to print out some theater information, low and behold it was the infamous vocabulary sheet. Since some classmates and I had already been through the introduction to drama process, we were pretty familiar with the concept. Especially with our class being so limited in numbers of bodies,we all just ended up splitting up the vocabulary list instead.

Upon perusing through my portion of the list, I must say I had quite the variety of words. Some of the words, however, were just in general foreign to me either in concept or practice. One choice that particularly stood out to me though was the word "tableaux". In French, tableaux often refers to the whiteboard but this activity completely changed the definition for me. Even with the theater definition for tableaux (a striking group of suitably costumed actors or artist's models carefully posed and often theatrically lit) in mind, I wouldn't necessarily associate the two together. The phrase and practice supposedly began in medieval liturgical dramas such as the Golden Mass. During these special occasions, a Mass was interposed by short dramatic scenes or tableaus. They were often major feautures of festivites for royal weddings, coronations, and triumphs in general.

More details to come, at least by tomorrow.