The Performing Arts
The performing arts differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face and/or presence as a medium Performers often adapt their appearance by special clothing, stage makeup, etc.
The breadth of areas covered by the performing arts is wide, including:
- Acting - actor, comedian, etc.
- comedy
- drama
- magic
- motion pictures
- opera
- theatre
- music - singer, musician, etc.
- busking
- opera
- dance - dancer
- Circus skills
- acrobatics
- juggling
- marching arts
- performance art a specialized form of fine art in which the artist performs his or her work live to an audience
Read more about this topic: Performing Arts Education
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“More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.”
—Uta Hagen (b. 1919)
“And no one, it seemed, had had the presence of mind
To initiate proceedings or stop the wheel
From the number it was backing away from as it stopped:
It was performing prettily; the puncture stayed unseen....”
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