The play is a small life

A performance is a work that relates to theatrical art. It is based on a dramatic or theatrical scenic plot. In its development take part: the director, actors, artist and composer. The word performance came from the Latin spectaculum, which means a spectacle.

Theatrical art

The theater is translated from Greek as a place for spectacles. This is the direction of art where, through the actions of actors on the stage, the audience receives emotions, feelings and thoughts of the author of the production.

Types of theater

There are such types of theater:

• The ballet is a kind of scenic skill where dance and music are inextricably linked. The basis may lie artistic or musical work, but there are also plotless performances.
• Puppet show. Actors here are dolls, managed by people. The productions are based on fairy tales. Puppet show is a great entertainment for children.
• A musical or a musical comedy. Here, songs, music, dialogues, and dances are tightly intertwined. The script of the performance is usually uncomplicated.
• Opera. It has an artistic and dramatic form. Singing prevails in such a performance.
• Operetta - almost the same as the opera. Has a comic story and has a popular easy character.
• Pantomime is a stage performance without words. The plot or story is transmitted through facial expressions and gestures.
• Drama of the absurd. The plot is based on a heap of facts, incoherent actions, emotions, fates and words.
• Street theater. His actions are held in the open air. Street performance is a production in which actors play without a stage.

Genres of performances

Theatrical performances (performances) are divided into such genres:

• Vaudeville is a comedy with dances and songs.
• Drama is a production, the plot of which is built on the life of a real person. The basis is the conflict between the protagonist and society.
• Comedy is the reverse side of the drama. Called to ridicule the problem between individuals or people and society.
• Mime is a humorous genre of the play. It consists of small entertainment scenes.
• Mystery is an echo of a medieval religious theater. Performances were shown on the main square. They alternated interlude and religious scenes.
• Melodramatic drama is a performance with a sharp conflict and intrigue.
• Monodrama. Only one actor plays here. Too that and drama.
• Moralite is a spectacle of edifying character. Sharp opposition of virtues and vices.

Studio Theater

Theater Studio is a non-profit amateur project. They, as a rule, appear in small settlements. Where there is no professional theater. Theater studios often arise at schools and universities. There are commercial theater studios for adults. Here people are taught to be more emancipated, put voice and speech.

One of the most famous theatrical studios was the drama circle of Stanislavsky. After a while he grew into the Moscow Art Theater. The performance of the theater studio of such a great actor and director was in no way inferior to professional productions.