L1.2 | Performing Arts

Performing Arts

A mix of visual and performing arts where the artist is the medium and the artwork is their acting and movements, performed for an audience.

Dance

A regulated and deliberate order of body movements with aesthetic value, often performed to music.

Philippine Indigenous Dance

Dances influenced by community experiences and events, originally performed as rituals for good fortune, later changed by colonizers.

Philippine Adapted Dances

European dances like the pandango, polka, and rigodon de honor adapted into local tradition.

Aerobics

A dance routine formalized into an exercise program with warm-up, aerobic dance, and cool-down phases.

Ballet

A dance and theater art following a strict set of moves and techniques.

Folk Dance

Dances performed by cultural groups during rituals, festivals, and community celebrations.

Street Dance

Vernacular dances that developed organically within a community, often in urban open spaces.

Theatre

A branch of performing arts integrating visual and performing arts, where actors perform experiences for a live audience.

Absurd Theatre

A genre that deliberately exaggerates events to emphasize a point.

Stage Show/Bodabil

A theatrical presentation of various acts like comedy skits, circus acts, and musical numbers.

Children's Theatre

Plays performed by or for children intended to educate and encourage creativity.

Melodrama

A nonmusical play intended to elicit tears, often featuring a victimized protagonist who triumphs.

Dramatic Monologue

A play where a single actor speaks and acts out a character's thoughts and emotions.

Tula-dula

A minimalist play poem where a narrator recites a piece accompanied by actors providing movement and sound effects.

Brechtian Theater

A modern theatrical style that discourages emotional identification and encourages critical self-reflection.

Political Theater

A form of theatre intended to transform or improve the government system.

Musical Theatre

Plays where music is an essential part of the production, including traditional forms like sarswela.