Performing arts

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Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors, to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. It is the oldest form of drama, though live theatre has now been joined by modern recorded forms. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. Places,

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codified systems and traditions of combat practices

A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms. The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin.

A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclists as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists. The term "circus" also describes the field of performance, training, and community which has followed various formats through its 250-year modern history.

art form that is performed for an audience

thumb|upright=1.4|Choreography for the Spanish dance Cachucha, described using [[dance notation]] Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer creates choreographies through the art of choreography, a process known as choreographing. It most commonly refers to dance choreography.

theatrical dramatic work intended to be performed by actors (in theatre, radio or recorded for TV)

performing art involving the use of illusion

fictionalized martial arts events with professional athletes who are allowed the use of throws, jumps, grappling, and striking techniques

thumb|right|225px|American burlesque dancer Lola Bel Aire performing a traditional striptease, 2008A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner. The person who performs a striptease is commonly known as a "stripper", "exotic dancer", or "burlesque dancer".

art using the actions of an artist or other participants (not to be confused with performing arts)

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process and act of speaking or giving a lecture to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain a listening audience

form of art radio broadcasting, the radio transmission of a recording of a play or dramatization of a literary work

appearance or voice part of a well known person in a work of the performing arts

thumb|300x300px A performance is an act of staging or presenting a form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function.

thumb|A puppet, from Punch and Judy show, England, late 19th century A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer. Puppetry is an ancient form of theatre which dates back to the 5th century BC in ancient Greece.

vernacular term for all aspects of entertainment

pre-production process for selecting actors, dancers, singers, or extras for roles or parts in a script, screenplay, or teleplay

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poets' competition

thumb|Puppeteer Nikolai Zykov with hand puppets. A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object called a puppet to create the illusion that the puppet is alive. The puppet is often shaped like a human, animal, or legendary creature. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience.

theatre over the past 2,500 years

performance skill

telling of a story to somebody about to sleep

exhibition of pictures, objects or people viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass

participation of an outsider performer in an event or a movie

Translation of multimodal and multimedial texts

clothes used by performers on stage; particular style of clothing worn to portray the wearer as a character or type of character at a social event in a theatrical performance on the stage or in film or television

circus sideshow attraction in which fleas are attached (or appear to be attached) to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged to perform circus acts within a small housing

thumb|right|300px|Example of a page from a screenplay formatted for a feature-length film. Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession.

method of finding an actor for a role

live performance of sexual activity

circus developed in the 20th century

short form of digital media production

type of performance in which one or more artists perform aerial acrobatics while hanging from a special fabric

German avant-garde theater

public oral recitation or performance of poetry

theatre for an audience of children and adolescents

legal services provided to the entertainment industry

Circus apparatus

theatrical genre

type of audition

casting without considering the actors' ethnicity or skin-color

performance art utilizing light and hand shadows