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G ARTS
PERFORMING ARTS
• types of art (such as music,
dance, or drama) that are
performed for an audience
• “To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be
creative only if you love life enough that you want to
enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to
it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.”

― Osho
 PROFESSIONS
• Acrobatics • Mime
• Ballet • Music
• Circus skills • Opera
• Clown • Professional wrestling
• Dance • Puppetry
• General Gymnastics • Speech
• Magic • Theatre
 HISTORY OF PERFORMING ARTS

• The term "Performance Art" got its

start in the 1960s in the United States.

• By 1970, things had changed a bit.

• By the 1980’s technology had

improved.
Social Impact of
Performing Arts
 Performing
arts attendees
have positive
indicators of
social
engagement.
 SOCIAL IMPACT
OF PERFORMING
ARTS
FACT: People who rarely attend
such events [theatre, concerts and
live music performances, museums,
arts exhibition and cinema] run a
nearly 60% higher mortality risk
than those attending most often.
 Psychology of
Performing Arts
 PSYCHOLOGY OF PERFORMING ARTS

"Theatre is an arena in which we can

mentally play, acting out our fears and
fantasies in an experimental way." - Dr.
Glenn Wilson
Types of Performing
Arts
Types of Performing
Arts
 MUSIC
• Music is perhaps the most
universal of the performing
arts.
• It is an integral part of other
performing art forms and other
domains of intangible cultural
heritage.
• Some cultural anthropologists
suggest that the first languages
may have been songs.
• the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession,
in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a
composition having unity and continuity.
• Rhythm is the basic element of music, the beginning of
music. It is the length and accentuation of a series of
sounds.

Elements of Music
• Beat is the most fundamental component in music.

Elements of Music
• Meter is the arrangement of rhythm in a fixed,
regular pattern with a uniform number of beats in
uniform measures.

Elements of Music
• If rhythm is associated with physical motion, melody is
associated with mental emotion.
• It is sometimes called the memory element because it is
always remembered by a listener.

Elements of Music
• Pitch indicates the highness or lowness of sound
and is determined by frequency of molar
vibrations.

Elements of Music
• Interval is the relation of one pitch to another.

Elements of Music
• Sequence is when certain patterns of intervals
are repeated at a different pitch.

Elements of Music
• Harmony refers to the manner of sound
combination in which we add subordinate sounds
to enhance the quality of the main sounds.

Elements of Music
• Chord is the combination of two or more tones sounded at the same
time.
• If it impresses or agreeable to the listener it would be called concord.
Thus, the other way around is called discord or dissonance.

Elements of Music
• Tempo refers to the speed of certain musical piece.
It is measured by a device by the musical notes
given half or full values.

Elements of Music
• largo - very slow • allegro - fast presto - very

• adagio - slow and stately fast

• andante - at a walking pace • accelerando - gradually

becoming faster
• andantino - alternatively
faster or slower than andante • ritardando - gradually
becoming slower
• allegreto - moderately fast

Elements of Music
• Dynamics refers to the amount, strength, or volume of the
sound. It is the degree and variations of sonority and force
with which the music is played from soft to loud.

Elements of Music
• Timbre refers to tone quality. This element helps
differentiate one type of voice from another or one
instrument from another.

Elements of Music
• Tempo refers to the speed of certain musical piece.
It is measured by a device by the musical notes
given half or full values.

Elements of Music
 DANCE
• Dance can be thought of as sculpture
that moves.
• It is believed to be the oldest
performing art and may have been
the first way that humans
communicated something symbolic.
• Dance is both a powerful impulse and
a skillfully choreographed art.
• The rhythmic movements, steps and
gestures of dance often express a
sentiment or mood or illustrate a
specific event or daily act.
• Ballroom dances are dances of public entertainment,
usually performed in pairs in ballrooms, nightclubs,
auditoriums, or in public spaces. (waltz, foxtrot, cha-cha,
boogie, tango, body language, and rhumba)

Types of Dances
• Folk dance or ethnic dance are social dances that portray
the beliefs, interests, habits, customs, and practices of the
native.

Types of Dances
• Theatrical dances are performed for the entertainment of
the audience in a theater. (ballet, modern dance, musical
comedy dance, and tap dancing)

Types of Dances
• THEME is the most basic element of dance. It
conveys the message of a dance. Thus, a dance that
does not convey a message, even if there is
movement, is not a dance.

Elements of Dance
• DESIGN is the pattern of movement in time and space.
Pattern in time refers to the unaccented beats of
movements into measures. Pattern in space refers to the
path traced by the dancer's feet on the floor (ground) and
the levels on which they move.

Elements of Dance
• MOVEMENT refers to the bodily actions of the
dance that include the steps, gestures of the
arms, hands, and body, and facial expression.

Elements of Dance
• TECHNIQUE is the skill movement
executed by the dancer.

Elements of Dance
• MUSIC is the auditory background to which a
dancer moves. A dance is always accompanied
by any form of music.

Elements of Dance
• COSTUME is the property worn by the dancer
that help reflect the message, customs, beliefs,
and setting of the dance.

Elements of Dance
• CHOREOGRAPHY refers to the figures and
steps in dancing that enable the dancers to
perform in an organized manner.

Elements of Dance
• SCENERY refers to the background or setting
where the dance is performed to make it more
realistic and enriching.

Elements of Dance
• SCENERY refers to the background or setting
where the dance is performed to make it more
realistic and enriching.

Elements of Dance
 THEATER
• Traditional theatre
performances usually combine
acting, singing, dance and
music, dialogue, narration or
recitation.

• These arts, however, are more

than simply ‘performances’ for
an audience; they may also
play crucial roles in culture and
society.
 Why performing arts
are important for society
Self- Discovery and Expression

• The theatre, dance and other

performing arts can teach people
how to express themselves
effectively, and can also be a
tool through which people with
disabilities can communicate.
Self- Discovery and Expression
• Many performing arts students
suffer from shyness when they
start attending classes and
gradually become more
confident as they find ways to
communicate. In addition to
teaching self-expression, the
performing arts help society as
a whole in self-knowledge and
understanding.
Self- Discovery and Expression

• Theatre and the performing arts

teach society about itself, hoping
to point out the attitudes and
mindsets of current society. It can
be a tool used to educate people
about their current conditions.
 History and Education

• Classic theatre, such as

Shakespeare, and Moliere, helps us
to understand the people around
us and how they might be expected
to react in certain situations.
 History and Education
The fact that governments regularly attempt
to close down theatres and other performing
arts centers when there is a revolution or a
military coup demonstrates the importance
theatre has in order to maintain the history
and understanding of a country’s citizens.
 Creativity
• Above all else, the performing arts
are about being creative. Without a
creative voice, a society may become
all but dead inside, and a social
group without any creativity is likely
to be repressive and tyrannical
rather than a force for good.

• The importance of having people in

society who can express themselves
creatively is without doubt.
Creativity
• Biologists have argued that
the formation of creativity
was the most important
step in human
development and that
society cannot move
forward without creative
people.
 Creativity
• Most social groups have some
kind of performing arts
courses, whether that is
learning how to perform
traditional dance, or speaking
Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-
Avon. What is vital is that
performing arts continue to be
nurtured and encouraged.
Long before the different forms of theater we enjoy today, like
straight plays and musicals largely influenced by the West, the
Philippines has had many types of theater through the years. It’s a
rich performing arts tradition – from folk legends passed down
through generations to intellectual debates as performance art; from
pagan practices to the deeply religious celebrations influenced by
years of colonization, here’s a look back through the colorful history
and evolution of theater in the Philippines.
Epic poetry is considered the highest point of Filipino folk
literature, and dates back to the pre-colonial period. These
epics, usually of romance or adventure, are commonly
presented during festivals and gatherings such as weddings,
baptisms, and wakes.

EPIC POETRY
Singers have been known to perform for hours at a
time. One of the most famous epic poems is Biag ni
Lam-ang, the national epic of the Ilocano people, and
notable for being the first folk epic to be recorded in
written form after being passed on from generation to
generation.

EPIC POETRY
The duplo is a poetic debate presented through song
and dance, which originated from indigenous
courtship customs. Poets used proverbs and riddles to
present their suit to the woman of their choice. This
ultimately evolved into a more formal debate on issues,
and started to be called the balagtasan.

DUPLO
For a time, one of the most popular types of theater in
the Philippines was the Moros y Cristianos, which is
not surprising for a country that was under Spanish
rule for 300 years.

MORO-MORO
Commonly called moro-moro, it is a street drama that usually
lasted for several days, and presented both secular themes
like love and vengeance, and the Spanish-influenced religious
theme of the conflict between Christians and Moors.

The moro-moro only survives in isolated towns today, and

though an integral part of Filipino art history, it may not bear
too much close scrutiny these days with its less than
admirable depictions of intolerance.

MORO-MORO
Another performing art stemming from religious
custom is the senakulo or Passion Play. This is the
dramatization of the life and death of Jesus
Christ and is usually presented as a community
activity during the Lenten season. This still
endures to the present, ranging from simple
productions to more technically sophisticated and
modernized versions.

SENAKULO
With its varied cultures and communities
throughout its 7000 islands, the Philippines has a
diverse collection of folk dances. Some of the
most popular folk dances are the Singkil, a folk
dance that originated from the Maranao people
of Lake Lanao in Mindanao,

TRADITIONAL FOLK
from the epic legend Darangen; the Itik-Itik,
which originated as an improvised dance in
Surigao del Sur and was discovered by National
Artist for Dance Francisca Reyes-Aquino; and
the Tinikling, which is similar to Singkil with its
use of bamboo poles that dancers must weave
through. It is supposed to mimic the movement of
the local tikling birds.

TRADITIONAL FOLK
It sounds like “vaudeville”, and it is. This form of
theater was an American import in the pre-war
era, but became uniquely Filipino with the
indigenization of the name. Like its American
counterpart, bodabil featured a variety of musical
numbers, comedic and dramatic skits, and song
and dance numbers.

BODABIL
Popular Filipino performers such as Dolphy,
Anita Linda, and sarsuwela legend Atang de la
Rama got their start in bodabil. It has since died
out with the rise of cinema, but its influence can
still be felt in television variety shows.

BODABIL
The sarsuwela is a type of melodrama, usually in
three acts, that uses alternately spoken and sung
words. It was the Spanish influence that started
the sarsuwela, but it was also this colonization that
led Filipinos to incorporate nationalistic overtones
in the art.
SARSUWELA
This resulted in the arrest of several prominent
writers such as Aurelio Tolentino and Pascual
Poblete, and eventually, the shutdown
of sarsuwela companies during the American
occupation. As proof of its importance in Philippine
culture, in 2011 the National Commission for
Culture and the Arts designated the sarsuwela as a
nominee for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural
Heritage lists.

SARSUWELA