From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Performance
Performance
Performing arts take photographs, sometimes getting up to the stage and
within inches of performer’s faces.[2]
Major forms Sometimes the dividing line between performer and
Dance · Music · Opera · Theatre · Circus the audience may become blurred, as in the example of
"participatory theatre" where audience members get in-
Minor forms
volved in the production.
Magic · Puppetry Theatrical performances can take place daily or at
some other regular interval. Performances can take place
Genres
at designated performance spaces (such as a theatre or
Drama · Tragedy · Comedy · Tragicomedy · Romance · concert hall), or in a non-conventional space, such as a
Satire · Epic · Lyric subway station, on the street, or in someone’s home.
Literature Performance genres
Major forms Examples of performance genres include:
• musical genres:
Novel · Poem · Drama
Short story · Novella • concert
• recital
Genres • music competition
Epic · Lyric · Drama • theatrical genres:
Romance · Satire • play
Tragedy · Comedy • opera
Tragicomedy • operetta
Media • ballet and other types of dance
• musical theater
Performance (play) · Book
• other genres:
Techniques • circus acts
• performance art
Prose · Verse
• live art
History and lists • performance poetry
Outline of literature
• busking
Index of terms • magic (illusion)
History · Modern history • storytelling
Books · Writers Music performance (a concert or a recital) may take place
Literary awards · Poetry awards indoors in a concert hall or outdoors in a field, and may
Discussion require the audience to remain very quiet, or encourage
them to sing and dance along with the music.
Criticism · Theory · Magazines
A performance may also describe the way in which an
actor performs. In a solo capacity, it may also refer to a
performance,
A performance in performing arts, generally comprises
mime artist, comedian, conjurer, or other entertainer.
an event in which a performer or group of performers
• Palermo Concertmaster Salvatore Greco in
behave in a particular way for another group of people,
performance
the audience. Choral music and ballet are examples. Usu-
• A U.S. Navy sailor singing on a stage at a sporting
ally the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand.
event.
Afterwards audience members often applaud.
The means of expressing appreciation can vary by
culture. Chinese performers will clap with audience at Notes
the end of a performance; the return applause signals [1] Brown, Ju; Brown, John (2006). China, Japan, Korea
"thank you" to the audience.[1] In Japan, folk performing Culture and Customs. North Charleston: BookSurge.
arts performances commonly attract individuals who p. 55. ISBN 1-4196-4893-4.
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http://books.google.com/
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[2] Thornbury, B (1997). The Folk Performing Arts:
Traditional Culture in Contemporary Japan. Albany:
State University of New York. p. 12.
ISBN 0-7914-3255-6. http://books.google.com/
books?id=MqQ1UTgxLSMC&pg=PA73.
Mediterranean: Interpretation, Performance, Identity,
Bibliography Bologna, Edizioni Clueb – Cooperativa Libraria
Universitaria Editrice, 2009.
• Philip V. Bohlman, Marcello Sorce Keller, and Loris
Azzaroni (eds.), Musical Anthropology of the
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