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 +[[Image:Melodrama by Daumier.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[At the Theater (The Melodrama)]]'' (c. [[1860]]-[[1864|64]]) - [[Honoré Daumier]]]]
 +[[Image:Jean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Pollice Verso (Gérôme)|Pollice Verso]]'' (1872) by Jean-Léon Gérôme]]
 +[[Image:A Party of Charlatans in an Italian Landscape is a painting by Karel Dujardin in the Louvre..jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[A Party of Charlatans in an Italian Landscape]]'' (1657) by Karel Dujardin]]
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 +This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the ''[[event]]'' series.<br> <small>Illustration:[[Theatrum Orbi]] engraving by [[Theodor de Bry]] from the chapter on [[Ars Memoriae]] in ''[[Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica]]'' by [[Robert Fludd]]. </small>]]
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-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007]+A '''performance''', in [[performing arts]], generally comprises an [[event]] in which a performer or group of performers behave in a particular way for another group of people, the [[audience]]. [[Choral music]] and [[ballet]] are examples. Usually the performers participate in [[rehearsal]]s beforehand. Afterwards audience members often applaud.
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 +The means of expressing appreciation can vary by culture. Chinese performers will clap with audience at the end of a performance; the return applause signals "thank you" to the audience. In [[Japan]], folk performing arts performances commonly attract individuals who take photographs, sometimes getting up to the stage and within inches of performer's faces.
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 +Sometimes the dividing line between performer and the audience may become blurred, as in the example of "[[participatory theatre]]" where audience members get involved in the production.
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 +[[theatre|Theatrical]] performances can take place daily or at some other regular [[interval (time)|interval]]. Performances can take place at designated performance spaces (such as a theatre or concert hall), or in a non-conventional space, such as a subway station, on the street, or in someone's home.
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 +==Performance genres==
 +Examples of performance [[genre]]s include:
 +* musical genres:
 +** [[concert]]
 +** [[recital]]
 +* theatrical genres:
 +** [[Play (theatre)|play]]
 +** [[opera]]
 +** [[operetta]]
 +** [[ballet]] and other types of [[Performance dance|dance]]
 +** [[musical theater]]
 +* other genres:
 +** [[Circus (performing art)|circus]] acts
 +** [[performance art]]
 +**[[live art]]
 +** [[performance poetry]]
 +** [[busking]]
 +** [[magic (illusion)]]
 +** [[storytelling]]
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 +[[Music]] performance (a concert or a [[recital]]) may take place indoors in a [[concert hall]] or outdoors in a field, and may require the audience to remain very quiet, or encourage them to [[singing|sing]] and [[dance]] along with the music.
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 +A performance may also describe the way in which an [[actor]] performs. In a solo capacity, it may also refer to a [[mime artist]], [[comedian]], [[conjurer]], or other entertainer.
 + 
 +==Live performance event support overview==
 + 
 +Live performance events including theater, music, dance, opera, use production equipment and services like: staging, scenery, mechanicals, sound, lighting, video, special effects, transport, packaging, communications, costume and makeup to convince live [[audience]] members that there is no better place that they could be right now.
 +This Live Event Support article provides information about many of the possible performance production support tools and services and how they relate to each other.
 +Live performance events have a long history of using visual scenery, lighting, costume amplification and a shorter history of visual projection and sound amplification reinforcement. This article describes the technologies that have been used to amplify and reinforce Live events. The sections of this article together explain how the tools needed to stage, amplify and reinforce live events are interconnected.
 + 
 +==See also==
 + 
 +*[[Performance (film)]]
 +*[[Rock concert]]
 +*[[Rock festival]]
 +*[[Sound technology]]
 +*[[Stagecraft]]
 +*[[Theaters]]
 +*[[Historically informed performance]]
 +*[[Performance art]]
 +*[[Performance (film)]]
 +{{GFDL}}

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A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which a performer or group of performers behave in a particular way for another group of people, the audience. Choral music and ballet are examples. Usually the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand. Afterwards audience members often applaud.

The means of expressing appreciation can vary by culture. Chinese performers will clap with audience at the end of a performance; the return applause signals "thank you" to the audience. In Japan, folk performing arts performances commonly attract individuals who take photographs, sometimes getting up to the stage and within inches of performer's faces.

Sometimes the dividing line between performer and the audience may become blurred, as in the example of "participatory theatre" where audience members get involved in the production.

Theatrical performances can take place daily or at some other regular interval. Performances can take place at designated performance spaces (such as a theatre or concert hall), or in a non-conventional space, such as a subway station, on the street, or in someone's home.

Performance genres

Examples of performance genres include:

Music performance (a concert or a recital) may take place indoors in a concert hall or outdoors in a field, and may require the audience to remain very quiet, or encourage them to sing and dance along with the music.

A performance may also describe the way in which an actor performs. In a solo capacity, it may also refer to a mime artist, comedian, conjurer, or other entertainer.

Live performance event support overview

Live performance events including theater, music, dance, opera, use production equipment and services like: staging, scenery, mechanicals, sound, lighting, video, special effects, transport, packaging, communications, costume and makeup to convince live audience members that there is no better place that they could be right now. This Live Event Support article provides information about many of the possible performance production support tools and services and how they relate to each other. Live performance events have a long history of using visual scenery, lighting, costume amplification and a shorter history of visual projection and sound amplification reinforcement. This article describes the technologies that have been used to amplify and reinforce Live events. The sections of this article together explain how the tools needed to stage, amplify and reinforce live events are interconnected.

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