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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naturalism

Performing arts; Theatre

Movement in the theatre of the late 19th Century which attempted to do away with artificialty or formalism of traditional theatre of the time. Gained world recognition through the ...

expressionism

Performing arts; Theatre

Movement that began about 1910 and that has application in painting, music and literature as well as drama. The term was first used in 1901 by Auguste Herve to works he'd painted ...

futurism

Performing arts; Theatre

Movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th Century, which spanned all of the arts. It emphasized the impact of technology on society.

incidental music

Performing arts; Theatre

Music written especially for a particular play and which seldom survives its production (as opposed to Broadway and Vaudeville tunes). Originated in Elizabethan English Theatre, ...

light bridge

Performing arts; Theatre

Narrow platform behind the teaser in some theatres, from which lighting instruments can be hung.

theatre

Performing arts; Theatre

No definition of theatre is broad enough, elastic enough, to encompass the entire scope of the dramatic arts in all their diversity -- dance, opera, ballet, worship, pageants, ...

well-made play

Performing arts; Theatre

Originally a term used to describe a play that was well-plotted in the early 19th Century, the term evolved by the end of the century to mean a play in which the plot was ...