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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community theatre

Performing arts; Theatre

In its modern sense, refers to organizations of amateurs in a particular region or community who produce and perform plays. Community theatre as we know it traces its beginnings ...

pageant

Performing arts; Theatre

In medieval times the word referred to the carts which were decorated by various guilds and used in processions on holidays. These carts were basically portable stages upon which ...

protagonist

Performing arts; Theatre

In modern theatre, the leading actor of a play, who is often set in conflict with an antagonist. The term derives from ancient Greek theatre in which it described the first actor ...

orchestra pit

Performing arts; Theatre

In modern theatres, the sunken area immediately in front of the stage, designed to accomodate musicians.

climax

Performing arts; Theatre

Any moment of great intensity in a literary work, especially in drama.

cloth

Performing arts; Theatre

In the U.S., we refer to this as a "drop". Usually a painted piece of canvas or muslin flown in to represent scenery. It may also be of plain cloth or scrim material.