The performing arts include theatre, motion pictures, drama, comedy, music, opera, dance, acrobatics, magic, juggling, busking and the marching arts, such as brass bands, etc. Artists who participate in these arts are called performers, including actors, comedians, singers, dancers, and musicians.
The performing arts differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face and/or presence as a medium while the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some art object. Of course, most performance art also involves some form of plastic art, perhaps in the creation of props. Dance was often referred to as a plastic art during the Modern dance era.
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Performing Arts Network Japan - Informing people around the world about Japanese performing arts, this site maintains an archive of performing company profiles.
Meta Description: [ Performing Arts Network Japan is a Japan Foundation's website dedicated to disseminating information about the stimulating and highly diverse Japanese performing arts scene. And, with an eye to the international performing arts scene, each month we will alsointroduce presenters who are presently ... ]
Senwaka-kai Party - The Nishikawa School of traditional Japanese dance. Gives background information, its founding, and history.
Taikomochi or Houkan, the Male Counterpart to the Geisha - Short article and history on the original male geisha of Japan.
The Karakuri - Photos, history, and descriptions of several traditional Japanese puppets.
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