Outline of performing arts

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Performing arts – are art forms where the participant engages in a physical performance using their body, voice, language, or use of specific equipment for entertainment purposes.

What are performing arts?

The performing arts as a whole can be described as all of the following:

Art – aesthetic expression for presentation or performance, and the work produced from this activity.
- One of the arts – an outlet of human expression that is influenced by culture and which in turn helps to change culture. The performing arts are a physical manifestation of the internal human creative impulse.
- A form of storytelling that has been practiced since the beginning of time.

Common performing arts

Acrobatics – performance of extraordinary feats of balance, agility and motor coordination.
Baton twirling
- Majorettes
Busking
Circus
- Circus arts
Comedy
Dance – art of movement of the body, usually rhythmically and to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures. "A dance" is any one prescribed sequence of such movements, or the music to which it is performed, or an event at which it takes place.
- Competitive dance
  - Dance squad
- Ice dance
Drama
Free skating
Ice show
Juggling
Magic
Marching arts
Music
- Jazz
- Opera – performance where art, architecture, music, theater, text, and cloth designing are put together to present a story to the audience
Puppetry
Storytelling – conveying of events in words, images and sounds, often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and in order to instill moral values.
- Acting
- Film
- Theatre
  - Musical theatre
  - Plays
Ventriloquism

History of performing arts

Contents of a work of performing art

Venue types

Participants

Actor
- Character actor – one who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading ones. Character actor roles can range from bit parts to secondary leads.
- Leading actor
Artistic director
Assistant stage manager
Audience
Audio engineer
Ballet master
Bandleader
Call boy
Carpenter
Charge scenic artist
Choreographer
Composer
Conductor
Costume designer
Dancer
Dramaturge
Dresser
Electrician
Film director
Fly crew
Light board operator
Lighting designer
Lighting technician
Master electrician
Movement director
Music director
Musician
- Singer
Playwright
Production manager
Production team
Property master
Rigger
Running crew
Scenographer
Scriptwriter
Set designer
Sound designer
Spotlight operator
Stagehand
Stage manager
Technical director
Theater manager
Theatre director
Theatrical producer
Theatrical technician
Usher
Wardrobe supervisor

Production activities

External links

Bibliography of Performing Arts In The East

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