Which area is the dancer angled toward when adopting croisé orientation?

Which area is the dancer angled toward when adopting croisé orientation?

• A. Audience Corner
• B. Upstage Corner
• C. Opposite Corner
• D. Downstage Center

Answer: (A)

Croisé orientation means turning your torso to face diagonally toward a corner of the stage—the corner that is toward the audience. This places your chest and eyes toward that audience corner and lets your line run along the diagonal, giving a clear, elongated silhouette as you move. So the area you’re angled toward is the Audience Corner. The Upstage Corner would be behind you, the Opposite Corner would be the diagonal away from the audience-facing side, and Downstage Center isn’t a corner, so none of those describe croisé orientation.

Croisé orientation means turning your torso to face diagonally toward a corner of the stage—the corner that is toward the audience. This places your chest and eyes toward that audience corner and lets your line run along the diagonal, giving a clear, elongated silhouette as you move. So the area you’re angled toward is the Audience Corner. The Upstage Corner would be behind you, the Opposite Corner would be the diagonal away from the audience-facing side, and Downstage Center isn’t a corner, so none of those describe croisé orientation.