Performance is an integral part of drama class. Students will use the Performance Arts process to produce plays for their peers. The Greeks placed considerable emphasis on the voice because they judged actors by the beauty of vocal tone and the ability to adapt mood and manner of speaking to mood and character. Facial expression was not important because the actor was always masked. In tragedy, gesture and movement were simplified and broadened.
Movement seems to have been likened to mimetic dance.
Liberal use of song, recitation, choral passages, dance, and masks led to stylization. It gives advice, expresses opinions, asks questions, and sometimes takes an active part in the action. It sets a standard against which to the action is judged. It adds movement, dance, and song to heighten theatrics. It creates pauses where the audience should contemplate what has just happened.