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A performance, in performing arts
Performing arts

The performing arts are those forms of art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical work of art....
, generally comprises an event in which one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for another group of people (the audience
Audience

An audience is a group of person who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature , theatre, music or academics in any Media ....
). Sometimes the dividing line between performer and the audience may become blurred, as in the example of "participatory theatre
Participatory theatre

Participatory theatre is a form of theatre in which the audience interacts with the performers or the presenters. Classroom exercises often include elements of participatory theatre....
" where audience members might get involved in the production. Singing choral music, and performing in a ballet
Ballet

Ballet is a formalized type of performative dance, the origins of which date lay in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form....
 are examples.






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I hope my recordings of my own works won't inhibit other people's performances. The brutal fact is that one doesn't always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience.

Aaron Copland, quoted in Classic Essays on Twentieth-Century Music. ISBN 0028645812.

Performance has remained the ideal locus of rock authenticity long after it has ceased to be the real origin of rock music.

David R. Shumway (1999). "Performance". Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture. Malden, Massachusetts. ISBN 0631212639. Category:Music





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A performance, in performing arts
Performing arts

The performing arts are those forms of art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical work of art....
, generally comprises an event in which one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for another group of people (the audience
Audience

An audience is a group of person who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature , theatre, music or academics in any Media ....
). Sometimes the dividing line between performer and the audience may become blurred, as in the example of "participatory theatre
Participatory theatre

Participatory theatre is a form of theatre in which the audience interacts with the performers or the presenters. Classroom exercises often include elements of participatory theatre....
" where audience members might get involved in the production. Singing choral music, and performing in a ballet
Ballet

Ballet is a formalized type of performative dance, the origins of which date lay in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form....
 are examples. Usually the performers participate in rehearsal
Rehearsal

A rehearsal is a preparatory event in music and theatre that is performed before the official public performance, as a form of Practice , and to ensure that all details of the performance are adequate for professional presentation....
s beforehand. Afterwards audience members often clap
Clapping

A clap is the sound made by striking together two flat surfaces, as in the body parts of humans or animals. Humans clap with the palms of their hands, often in a constant drone to express appreciation or approval , but also in rhythm to match sounds in music and dance....
, indicating appreciation. However, sometimes this rule is reversed. In Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, the greatest compliment is complete silence
Silence

Silence is a relative or total lack of audible sound....
.

Performances, for example in theatre
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
, can take place daily, or at some other regular interval
Interval (time)

With regards to time, an interval or period is the duration between two Spacetime#Basic conceptss or occurrences of similar events. It is related to the mathematical concept of interval in that the interval contains all of the Point s of time between the two events....
. Performances can take place at someone's house, in a subway, or even at a dollar store. Talent
Talent

Talent may refer to:*Talent, a personal intellectual giftedness/skill*A Celebrity or group of them**Tarento, the Japanese pronunciation of the word; a variety entertainment personality in Japan...
, on the other hand, is subjective.

Performance genres


Examples of performance genre
Genre

A genre is a loose set of criteria for a category of composition; the term is often used to categorize literature and speech, but is also used for any other Art#Art forms or utterance....
s include:
  • musical genres:
    • concert
      Concert

      A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
    • recital
      Recital

      A recital is a musical performance. It can highlight a single performer, sometimes accompanied by piano, or a performance of the works of a single composer....
    • music competition
  • theatrical genres:
    • play
    • opera
      Opera

      Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
    • operetta
      Operetta

      Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre....
    • ballet
      Ballet

      Ballet is a formalized type of performative dance, the origins of which date lay in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form....
       and other types of dance
    • musical theater
  • other genres:
    • circus acts
    • performance art
      Performance art

      Performance art is art in which the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time constitute the work. It can happen anywhere, at any time, or for any length of time....
    • performance poetry
      Performance poetry

      Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during Performance art before an audience. During the 1980s, the term came into popular usage to describe poetry written or composed for performance rather than print distribution....
    • busking
      Busking

      Busking is the practice of performance in public places for tips and gratuities. People engaging in this practice are called buskers. Busking performances are widely varied, and can include acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon modeling, card tricks, clowning, comedy, contortionist & escapologist, dance, Fire eater, fortune-telling, juggl...
    • magic (illusion)
      Magic (illusion)

      Magic is a performing art that entertains an audience by creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats, using purely natural means....
    • storytelling
      Storytelling

      Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, s, and sounds often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture and in every land as a means of entertainment, education, preservation of culture and in order to instill moral values....


A music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
  performance (a concert or a recital
Recital

A recital is a musical performance. It can highlight a single performer, sometimes accompanied by piano, or a performance of the works of a single composer....
) 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
Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
 and dance
Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to Motion of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of Emotional expression, social social interaction or presented in a spirituality or performance setting....
 along with the music.

A performance may also describe the way in which an actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 performs. In a solo capacity, it may also refer to a mime artist
Mime artist

A mime artist is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art, involving the acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech....
, comedian
Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
, conjurer, or other entertainer.