Editing Performing arts (section)

==Types==
Performing arts may include dance, music, opera, theatre and musical theatre, [[Magic (illusion)|magic]], [[illusion]], [[mime]], [[spoken word]], [[puppetry]], [[circus arts]], [[stand-up comedy]], [[Improvisational theatre|improv]], [[professional wrestling]] and [[performance art]].

There is also a specialized form of fine art, in which the artists ''perform'' their work live to an audience. This is called [[performance art]]. Most performance art also involves some form of [[plastic art]], perhaps in the creation of [[props]]. Dance was often referred to as a [[Plastic arts|plastic art]] during the [[modern dance]] era.<ref name="dance">{{cite journal|last1=Mackrell|first1=Judith R.|title=dance|journal=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|date=19 May 2017|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/dance/Types-of-dance|access-date=14 July 2017|archive-date=7 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007132340/https://www.britannica.com/art/dance/Types-of-dance|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Theatre===
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Theatre is the branch of performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience, using a combination of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound, and spectacle. Any one or more of these elements is considered performing arts. In addition to the standard narrative dialogue style of plays, theater takes such forms as plays, musicals, opera, ballet, [[illusion]], [[mime artist|mime]], [[classical Indian dance]], [[kabuki]], [[Mummers Play|mummers' plays]], [[improvisational theatre]], comedy, [[pantomime]], and non-conventional or contemporary forms like [[postmodern theatre]], [[postdramatic theatre]], or performance art.

===Dance===
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[[File:Chopiniana Baku.jpg|thumb|Scene from the ballet {{lang|fr|[[Les Sylphides]]}}]]
In the context of performing arts, dance generally refers to human [[Motion (physics)|movement]], typically rhythmic and to music, used as a form of audience entertainment in a performance setting. Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on [[Society|social]], [[Culture|cultural]], [[aesthetic]], [[artistic]], and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as [[folk dance]]) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as [[ballet]].<ref name="mackrell">{{cite web|last1=Mackrell|first1=Judith|title=Dance|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/150714/dance|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=11 March 2015|archive-date=24 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324131003/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/150714/dance|url-status=live}}</ref>

There is one another modern form of dance that emerged in 19th- 20th century with the name of [[free dance]] style. This form of dance was structured to create a harmonious personality which included features such as physical and spiritual freedom. [[Isadora Duncan]] was the first female dancer who argued about "woman of future" and developed novel vector of choreography using [[Nietzsche]]'s idea of "supreme mind in free mind".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nana |first1=Loria |title=Philosophical Context of Contemporary Choreographic Space |journal=GESJ: Musicology and Cultural Science |date=30 June 2015 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=64–67 |url=http://gesj.internet-academy.org.ge/download.php?id=2599.pdf |access-date=3 January 2023 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103132354/http://gesj.internet-academy.org.ge/download.php?id=2599.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Dance is a powerful impulse, but the art of dance is that impulse channeled by skillful performers into something that becomes intensely expressive and that may delight spectators who feel no wish to dance themselves. These two concepts of the art of dance—dance as a powerful impulse and dance as a skillfully choreographed art practiced largely by a professional few—are the two most important connecting ideas running through any consideration of the subject. In dance, the connection between the two concepts is stronger than in some other arts, and neither can exist without the other.<ref name="mackrell" />

[[Choreography]] is the art of making dances, and the person who practices this art is called a choreographer.

===Music===
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Music is an art form which combines [[Pitch (music)|pitch]], rhythm, and [[Dynamics (music)|dynamic]] to create sound. It can be performed using a variety of instruments and styles and is divided into genres such as [[Folk music|folk]], [[jazz]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], pop, and rock, etc. As an art form, music can occur in live or recorded formats, and can be [[Rehearsal|planned]] or [[Musical improvisation|improvised.]]

As music is a [[Proteus|protean]] art, it easily coordinates with words for songs as physical movements do in dance. Moreover, it has a capability of shaping human behaviors as it impacts our emotions.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Epperson |first1=Gordan |title=music |journal=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |date=11 April 2016 |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/music |access-date=14 July 2017 |archive-date=28 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028225258/https://www.britannica.com/art/music |url-status=live }}</ref>