TAGBILARAN CITY COLLEGE

College of Business and Industry

Tagbilaran City, Bohol

Course Code GE11 Instructor Charwen Namocatcat

Course Title Arts and Humanities Email cnamocatcat.tcc@gmail.com
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Learning Module 10:

Performing Arts: Definition , Elements, and Categories
Duration of Delivery: November 14-21,2023
Due Date of Deliverables: Novemeber 21, 2023

Intended Learning Outcomes:

• Define performing arts.
• Identify the different categories of performing arts.
• Determine the fundamentals and elements of performing arts.

PERFORMING ARTS

The performing arts refer to the forms of art where an artist uses his own face, body and presence
to convey artistic expression.
It is different from visual arts, which is when artists use paint, canvas or various materials to create
physical or static art objects. Performing arts include a range of disciplines which are performed in front
of a live audience, including theatre, music, and dance.
This includes acrobatics, busking, comedy, dance, magic, music, opera, operetta, film, juggling and
martial arts.

Artists who participate in performing arts in front of an audience are called performers. Examples of
these include actors, comedians, dancers, magicians, circus artists, musicians, and singers. Performing
arts are also supported by workers in related fields, such as songwriting, choreography and stagecraft.
A performer who excels in acting, singing, and dancing is commonly referred to as a triple threat.
Performers often adapt their appearance, such as with costumes and stage makeup, stage lighting, and
sound.

CATEGORIES OF PERFORMING ARTS BY FORMS

 MAJOR FORMS MINOR FORMS GENRES
Ballet Circus Skill Comedy
Music Magic Drama
Opera Puppetry Lyrical
Theatre Speech Romance, Tragedy, Tragicomedy, Saire

I. MUSIC
It is an art form whose medium is sound and silence.
Fundamentals of music:
a. Pitch is a subjective sensation reflecting generally the lowness (lower frequency sound
wave) or highness (higher frequency sound waves) of a sound.
b. Rhythm the time element of music. A specific rhythm is a specific pattern in time: we
usually hear these in relation to a steady pulse and mentally organize: this pulse or
tempo into meter (sometimes called a “time signature”)
c. Timbre sound quality or tone color: timbre is the characteristic that allows us to
distinguish between one instrument and another and the difference between vowel
sounds (for example. Long “a” or ‘ee’)
d. Texture is the overall sound of a piece of music commonly described according to the
number of and relationship between parts or lines of music.
• Monophonic (one voice or line)
• Polyphonic (many voices, usually similar as in Renaissance or Baroque
counterpoint)
• Homophonic a melody with simple accompaniment. Chords is moving in the
same rhythm (homorhythmic)
• Heterophony “mixed” or multiple similar versions of a melody performed
simultaneously (rare in European music; possibly used in Ancient Greece)
• Collage juxtaposition and superimposition of extremely different textures or
sounds.
e. Harmony is the study of vertical sonorities in music.
f. Dynamics loud or soft. A composition that has extremely sort passages as well as
extremely loud passages is said to have a large or wild dynamic range.
• Crescendo getting louder
• Decrescendo getting softer
g. Melody or musical line. It is a combination of pitch, and rhythm/some say duration.
Sometimes a melody is considered to be the theme of a composition.
• Contour/rising or falling -characterized melody.
• Conjunct melody-melody that uses small/smooth intervals.
• Disjunct melody-melody that uses large intervals.
II. THEATRE
It is the branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience
using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle-indeed any one or
more elements of the other performing arts. In addition, to the standard narrative dialogue style,
theatre takes such forms as: opera, ballet, mime, kabuki, classical Indian dance, Chinese opera
and mummers’ plays.
Fundamentals of theatre/drama:
1. Something that is performed this might be a formal script or it could be a general
scenario or even just a basic plan or sketch of what is going to happen.
2. The performance- the creation and presentation of a production, that is the site for the
transformation of the script, the scenario, or the plan into reality.
3. The audience need someone to see the performance before it can really be recognized
as a performance.

III. DANCE
Generally, refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a
social, spiritual or performance setting.
Fundamentals of dance:
a. Ballet to understand and explore the many dance forms which it inspired as well as
giving them an appreciation of beauty born of tradition and form and will increase
students’ strength, flexibility, and coordination.
b. Pointe is the part of classical ballet technique concerns pointe work in which a ballet
dancer supports all body weight on the tips of fully extended feet.
c. Jazz a mixture of African, European and American dance styles, jazz dance stretches,
elaborates and even breaks the rules of classical dance.
d. Hip Hop is a high energy street dance style closely allied with trends in popular music.
An ever-evolving art form, hip hop incorporates elements of improvisation and personal
expression in performance.
e. Tap music with your feet; can help us to expand the minds ability to remember and
repeat patterns, developing mental concentration and physical coordination.
f. Musical Theater is an introduction to acting, dance, vocal skills, musical theater,
characterization, theater vocabulary and performing skills.
Elements:
➢ The body is the mobile figure or shape, felt by the dancer, seen by others. The body
is sometimes relatively still and sometimes changing as the dancer moves in place
or travels through the dance area.
➢ Action is made up of streams of movement and pauses can include dance steps,
facial movements, lifts, carries, and catches, and even everyday movement such as
walking.
➢ Dancers interact with space in my myriad ways. They may stay in one place and
move parts of their body or their whole body, or they may travel from one place to
another. They may alter the direction, level, size, and pathways of their movements.
 ➢ Time is a human movement that is naturally rhythmic in the broad sense that we
alternate activity and rest. Breath and waves are examples.
➢ Energy is about how it refers to the force of an action and can mean both the
physical and psychic energy that drives and characterizes movement.

IV. OPERA
Is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called a
libretto) and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting.
Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and
costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house,
accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble.
V. BALLET
Is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italia Renaissance courts of the 15th century
and later developed into a concer dance form in France and Russia. May also refer to a ballet
dance work, which consists of the choreography and music for a ballet production.
VI. MAGIC
Sometimes referred to as stage magic to distinguish it from paranormal or ritual magic is a
performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly
impossible or supernatural feats using natural means. These feats are called magic tricks,
effects, or illusions.
VII. MIME
Is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art, involving miming,
or the acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech.
Is to be distinguished from silent comedy, in which the artist is a seamless character in a film or
sketch.
VIII. PUPPETRY
Is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets. Puppetry is used
in almost all human societies both as entertainment-in performance- and ceremonially in rituals
and celebrations such as carnivals. Most puppetry involves storytelling.
IX. SPEECH
Is the process and act of speaking or giving a lecture to a group of people in a structured,
deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain a listening audience.
Is commonly understood as face to face speaking between individuals and an audience for the
purpose of communication.

References:
https://prezi.com/agohplgn1t1j/elements-of-performing-arts/