Performance Arts

Intro to Humanities Performance Arts study guide

Performance Arts

Arts that need to be performed to be analyzed or appreciated

Parts of Performance Arts

• Can be a combination of visual and literary arts

• Believability of the illusion created

Performance Aesthetic

How beautiful the performance is to the viewer which is helped by the willing suspension of disbelief [when the viewer gives the belief up that what they are experiencing is not real]

Types of performing arts

Theatre, film/tv, dance, music, standup comedy, magic, circus, mechanical shows, puppet shows, interactive performing arts[requires and audience], sports

Theatre

Performance that has to be live and have an alive audience