Performance Genres
Examples of performance genres include:
- musical genres:
- concert
- recital
- music competition
- theatrical genres:
- play
- opera
- operetta
- ballet and other types of dance
- musical theater
- other genres:
- circus acts
- performance art
- live art
- performance poetry
- busking
- magic (illusion)
- storytelling
Music performance (a concert or a recital) may take place indoors in a concert hall or outdoors in a field, and may require the audience to remain very quiet, or encourage them to sing and dance along with the music.
A performance may also describe the way in which an actor performs. In a solo capacity, it may also refer to a mime artist, comedian, conjurer, or other entertainer.
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Palermo Concertmaster Salvatore Greco in performance
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A U.S. Navy sailor singing on a stage at a sporting event.
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