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The
performing arts are those forms of
art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some work of art.
Types of performing arts
Performing arts include the
acrobatics, busking, comedy, dance, magic (illusion),
music, opera, film, juggling,
marching arts, such as
brass bands,
theatre, and circus arts.
Artists who participate in these arts in front of an audience are called performers, including actors, comedians, dancers, musicians, and singers. Performing arts are also supported by workers in related fields, such as
songwriting and
stagecraft.
Performers often adapt their physical appearance, such as with costumes and cosmetics, etc.
There is also a specialized form of fine art in which the artists
perform their work live to an audience. This is called
Performance art. Most performance art also involves some form of plastic art, perhaps in the creation of
Theatrical propertys. Dance was often referred to as a
plastic art during the Modern dance era.
Music
Music as an academic discipline mainly focuses on two career paths, music performance (focused on the
orchestra and the
concert hall) and music education (training music teachers). Students learn to play
musical instrument, but also study
music theory, musicology,
history of music and musical composition. In the liberal arts tradition, music is also used to broaden skills of non-musicians by teaching skills such as concentration and listening.
Theater
Theatre or
theater (Greek "theatron",
θέατρον) is the branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. In addition to the standard narrative dialogue style, theatre takes such forms as classical Indian dance,
Chinese opera,opera,
ballet, Illusion, mime artist, kabuki, Mummers Play, and
pantomime.) in world - Kudiyattam. Artist
Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar
Dance
Dance (from Old French
dancier, perhaps from Old Frankish language) generally refers to human Motion (physics) either used as a form of expression or presented in a
social, spirituality or
performance setting.
Dance is also used to describe methods of
non-verbal communication (see body language) between humans or
animals (Bee learning and communication#Dance language, mating dance),
Motion (physics) in inanimate objects (
the leaves danced in the wind), and certain dance (musical form)s or
musics.
Choreography is the art of making dances, and the person who does this is called a choreographer.
Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on
Society, Culture,
aesthetic artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as
Folk dance) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as
ballet. In sports,
gymnastics,
figure skating and
synchronized swimming are
dance disciplines while Martial arts '
Kata (martial arts)' are often compared to dances.
History of Western performing arts
, as depicted in the
Nordisk familjebok.Starting in the 6th century BC, the Classical antiquity of performing art began in Greece, ushered in by the tragic poets such as Sophocles. These poets wrote plays which, in some cases, incorporated dance (see
Euripides). The Hellenistic civilization began the widespread use of comedy.
However, by the
6th century AD, Western performing arts had been largely ended, as the
Dark Ages began. Between the 9th century and 14th century, performing art in the West was limited to religious historical enactments and morality plays, organized by the Roman Catholic Church in celebration of holy days and other important events.
Renaissance
In the
15th century performing arts, along with the arts in general, saw a revival as the Renaissance began in
Italy and spread throughout
Europe plays, some of which incorporated dance were performed and
Domenico da Piacenza was credited with the first use of the term
ballo (in
De Arte Saltandi et Choreas Ducendi) instead of
danza (dance) for his
baletti or
balli which later came to be known as
Ballets. The first Ballet
per se is considered to be Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx's
Ballet Comique de la Royne (1581).
show, dated
1657. (Louvre)By the mid-16th century
commedia dell'arte became popular in Europe, introducing the use of improvisation. This period also introduced the
Elizabethan masque, featuring music, dance and elaborate costumes as well as professional theatrical companies in
England. William Shakespeare's plays in the late 16th century developed from this new class of professional performance.
In
1597, the first
opera,
Dafne was performed and throughout the
17th century, opera would rapidly become the entertainment of choice for the aristocracy in most of Europe, and eventually for large numbers of people living in cities and towns throughout Europe.
Modern era
The introduction of the proscenium arch in Italy during the 17th century established the traditional theater form that persists to this day. Meanwhile, in England, the
Puritans forbid acting, bringing a halt to performing arts which lasted until 1660. After this period, women began to appear in both French language and English plays. The French introduced a formal dance instruction in the late 17th century.
It is also during this time that the first plays are performed in the American Colonies.
During the 18th century the introduction of the popular comic opera brought opera to the masses as an accessible form of performance.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's
The Marriage of Figaro and
Don Giovanni are landmarks of the late 18th century opera.
At the turn of the 19th century
Ludwig van Beethoven and the Romantic movement ushered in a new era that lead first to the spectacles of grand opera and then to the great musical dramas of Giuseppe Verdi and the Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art) of the operas of Richard Wagner leading directly to the music of the 20th century.
The 19th century was a period of growth for the performing arts for all social classes, the technical introduction of Gas lighting to theaters in the
United States,
burlesque (a British import that became popular in the U.S.), minstrel dancing, and
variety theater. In ballet, women make great progress in the previously male-dominated art.
, one of the developers of
free dance.Modern dance began in the late 19th century and early
20th century in response to the restrictions of traditional ballet.
Konstantin Stanislavski's
Stanislavski System revolutionized acting in the early 20th century, and continues to have a major influence on actors of stage and screen to the current day. Both
impressionism and modern realism were introduced to the stage during this period.
With the invention of the
film in the late 19th century by
Thomas Edison, and the growth of the motion picture industry in Hollywood in the early 20th century, film became a dominant performance medium throughout the 20th and
21st century.
The Darktown Follies and the later cultural growth of the
Harlem Renaissance spanned the 1910s to the early 1940s. Rhythm and blues, a cultural phenomenon of black America became a distinctive genera in the early 20th century.
In the
1930s Jean Rosenthal introduced what would be come modern stage lighting, changing the nature of the stage as the
Broadway musical became a phenomenon in the United States. George Gershwin and Rodgers & Hammerstein radically re-shaped the medium as the
Great depression came to an end and World War II erupted.
Post-War performance
Post-World War II performing arts were highlighted by the resurgence of both ballet and opera in Europe and the United States.
.
Alvin Ailey's revolutionary American Dance Theater was created in the 1950s, signaling the radical changes that were to come to performing arts in the 1950s and 1960s as new cultural themes bombarded the public consciousness in the United States and abroad.
Postmodernism in performing arts dominated the 1960s to large extent.
Rock and roll evolved from
rhythm and blues during the 1950s, and became the staple musical form of popular entertainment.
In
1968,
Hair (musical) introduced the
rock opera.
See also
References
- Infoplease: Performing Arts Timeline
- Performing Arts Trends
- AHDS Performing Arts - a UK national digital preservation service for Performing Arts data.
The
performing arts are those forms of
art which differ from the
plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some work of art.
Types of performing arts
Performing arts include the
acrobatics, busking, comedy, dance,
magic (illusion), music,
opera, film,
juggling, marching arts, such as brass bands,
theatre, and
circus arts.
Artists who participate in these arts in front of an audience are called performers, including actors,
comedians, dancers,
musicians, and singers. Performing arts are also supported by workers in related fields, such as songwriting and
stagecraft.
Performers often adapt their physical appearance, such as with
costumes and
cosmetics, etc.
There is also a specialized form of fine art in which the artists
perform their work live to an audience. This is called Performance art. Most performance art also involves some form of plastic art, perhaps in the creation of
Theatrical propertys. Dance was often referred to as a
plastic art during the Modern dance era.
Music
Music as an academic discipline mainly focuses on two career paths, music performance (focused on the
orchestra and the
concert hall) and music education (training music teachers). Students learn to play musical instrument, but also study
music theory,
musicology,
history of music and
musical composition. In the liberal arts tradition, music is also used to broaden skills of non-musicians by teaching skills such as concentration and listening.
Theater
Theatre or
theater (Greek "theatron",
θέατρον) is the branch of the performing arts concerned with
acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. In addition to the standard narrative dialogue style, theatre takes such forms as classical Indian dance, Chinese opera,
opera,
ballet,
Illusion, mime artist, kabuki,
Mummers Play, and pantomime.) in world -
Kudiyattam. Artist
Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar
Dance
Dance (from
Old French dancier, perhaps from
Old Frankish language) generally refers to
human Motion (physics) either used as a form of
expression or presented in a social,
spirituality or
performance setting.
Dance is also used to describe methods of non-verbal communication (see
body language) between humans or
animals (
Bee learning and communication#Dance language, mating dance),
Motion (physics) in inanimate objects (
the leaves danced in the wind), and certain dance (musical form)s or musics.
Choreography is the art of making dances, and the person who does this is called a choreographer.
Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on
Society, Culture, aesthetic artistic and
moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as Folk dance) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as
ballet. In
sports, gymnastics,
figure skating and synchronized swimming are
dance disciplines while
Martial arts 'Kata (martial arts)' are often compared to dances.
History of Western performing arts
, as depicted in the
Nordisk familjebok.Starting in the
6th century BC, the Classical antiquity of performing art began in
Greece, ushered in by the tragic poets such as Sophocles. These poets wrote plays which, in some cases, incorporated dance (see Euripides). The
Hellenistic civilization began the widespread use of
comedy.
However, by the
6th century AD, Western performing arts had been largely ended, as the Dark Ages began. Between the 9th century and
14th century, performing art in the West was limited to religious historical enactments and
morality plays, organized by the
Roman Catholic Church in celebration of holy days and other important events.
Renaissance
In the 15th century performing arts, along with the arts in general, saw a revival as the Renaissance began in
Italy and spread throughout Europe plays, some of which incorporated dance were performed and Domenico da Piacenza was credited with the first use of the term
ballo (in
De Arte Saltandi et Choreas Ducendi) instead of
danza (dance) for his
baletti or
balli which later came to be known as Ballets. The first Ballet
per se is considered to be Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx's Ballet Comique de la Royne (
1581).
show, dated
1657. (
Louvre)By the mid-
16th century commedia dell'arte became popular in Europe, introducing the use of
improvisation. This period also introduced the Elizabethan masque, featuring music, dance and elaborate costumes as well as professional theatrical companies in
England.
William Shakespeare's plays in the late 16th century developed from this new class of professional performance.
In
1597, the first
opera,
Dafne was performed and throughout the
17th century, opera would rapidly become the entertainment of choice for the
aristocracy in most of Europe, and eventually for large numbers of people living in cities and towns throughout Europe.
Modern era
The introduction of the proscenium arch in Italy during the 17th century established the traditional theater form that persists to this day. Meanwhile, in England, the Puritans forbid acting, bringing a halt to performing arts which lasted until 1660. After this period, women began to appear in both
French language and English plays. The French introduced a formal dance instruction in the late 17th century.
It is also during this time that the first plays are performed in the American Colonies.
During the 18th century the introduction of the popular comic opera brought opera to the masses as an accessible form of performance.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's
The Marriage of Figaro and
Don Giovanni are landmarks of the late 18th century opera.
At the turn of the 19th century Ludwig van Beethoven and the
Romantic movement ushered in a new era that lead first to the spectacles of grand opera and then to the great musical dramas of Giuseppe Verdi and the
Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art) of the operas of
Richard Wagner leading directly to the music of the 20th century.
The
19th century was a period of growth for the performing arts for all social classes, the technical introduction of
Gas lighting to theaters in the
United States, burlesque (a British import that became popular in the U.S.),
minstrel dancing, and variety theater. In ballet, women make great progress in the previously male-dominated art.
, one of the developers of free dance.Modern dance began in the late 19th century and early 20th century in response to the restrictions of traditional ballet.
Konstantin Stanislavski's
Stanislavski System revolutionized acting in the early 20th century, and continues to have a major influence on actors of stage and screen to the current day. Both
impressionism and
modern realism were introduced to the stage during this period.
With the invention of the
film in the late 19th century by Thomas Edison, and the growth of the
motion picture industry in Hollywood in the early 20th century, film became a dominant performance medium throughout the 20th and 21st century.
The
Darktown Follies and the later cultural growth of the Harlem Renaissance spanned the
1910s to the early
1940s. Rhythm and blues, a cultural phenomenon of black America became a distinctive genera in the early 20th century.
In the
1930s Jean Rosenthal introduced what would be come modern stage lighting, changing the nature of the stage as the
Broadway musical became a phenomenon in the United States.
George Gershwin and
Rodgers & Hammerstein radically re-shaped the medium as the
Great depression came to an end and World War II erupted.
Post-War performance
Post-World War II performing arts were highlighted by the resurgence of both ballet and opera in Europe and the United States.
.Alvin Ailey's revolutionary
American Dance Theater was created in the 1950s, signaling the radical changes that were to come to performing arts in the 1950s and
1960s as new cultural themes bombarded the public consciousness in the United States and abroad.
Postmodernism in performing arts dominated the 1960s to large extent.
Rock and roll evolved from
rhythm and blues during the 1950s, and became the staple musical form of popular entertainment.
In 1968,
Hair (musical) introduced the
rock opera.
See also
References
- Infoplease: Performing Arts Timeline
- Performing Arts Trends
- AHDS Performing Arts - a UK national digital preservation service for Performing Arts data.
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