Performing arts

Performing arts

Referring to those forms of art which make use of the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium.

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Performing arts; Theatre

The movement or development of the plot, or story in a play.

Globe Theatre

Performing arts; Theatre

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London, United Kingdom associated with performances of the works of William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 and was destroyed by fire in 1613. ...

Wicked

Performing arts; Theatre

A musical based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" and a parallel novel to "The Wizard of Oz". The musical is told from ...

rakugo

Performing arts; Theatre

Rakugo is a type of traditional Japanese story telling, in which one person sits on a floor pillow called a zabuton and plays multiple characters, including narrator, and performs ...

Wicked

Performing arts; Theatre

Wicked (full title: Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz) is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 ...

Les Misérables

Performing arts; Theatre

Les Misérables is a sung-through musical based on the novel Les Misérables by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, original French lyrics ...

Hair

Performing arts; Theatre

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie ...