Outline of performing arts

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the performing arts:

Performing arts – art form that uses the artist's own body, face, presence as a medium.

Common performing arts

• Acrobatics – performance of extraordinary feats of balance, agility and motor coordination.
• Busking –
• Comedy –
• Dance –
• Juggling –
• Magic –
• Marching arts (such as marching bands) –
• Music –
  • Opera – performance where art, architecture, music, theater, text, and cloth designing are put together to present a story to the audience
• Storytelling – conveying of events in words, images and sounds, often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and in order to instill moral values.
  • Acting –
  • Film –
  • Theatre –

History of performing arts

• History of acrobatics
• History of busking
• History of dance
  • History of ballet
• History of film
• History of juggling
• History of magic
• History of marching bands
• History of music
• History of opera
• History of theatre

Contents of a work of performing art

• Role –
  • Dual role –
  • Stock character –
  • Title role –
• Special effects –

Venue types

• Stage –

Participants

• Actor
  • Character actor – one who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading ones. Character actor roles can range from bit parts to secondary leads.
  • Leading actor
• Audience –
• Film director –
• Playwright –
• Scriptwriter –

Production activities

• Audition –
• Casting –
• Costuming –
• Stagecraft –

External links

• This outline displayed as a mindmap, at wikimindmap.com
• Bibliography of Performing Arts In The East