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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batten

Performing arts; Theatre

A long pipe or strip of wood flown from the grid from which scenery, drops, or lights are hung.

scrim

Performing arts; Theatre

A loosely woven material used on stage, often to represent glass or some other transparent substance. If lighting is thrown on the front of a scrim drop, with no lighting behind, ...

pipe batten

Performing arts; Theatre

A metal pipe suspended from the grid and from which lighting instruments or scenery is hung.

spatter

Performing arts; Theatre

A method of painting in which a paint brush is struck against a hand so that small dots of paint are thrown onto a flat. Related to sponge painting, this method is used to break ...

border (cloth)

Performing arts; Theatre

A narrow strip of muslin or other cloth used to mask the flies from the sight of the audience. Sometimes the border cloth was shaped to appear as foliage or clouds. In TCT's debut ...

catwalk

Performing arts; Theatre

A narrow walkway suspended between "fly floors", the raised areas from which scenery and drops were flown (and still is at the Lyric) before the adoption of the counterweight ...