Theatre Types

• Earliest form of theatre - known as indigenous theatre
• performance arts - live, time-based art form that draws on various art forms
• basic elements of performance arts

  • time
  • space
  • the performer's body or presence of the medium
  • relationship between performer and audience
• there are 4 basic elements of performance arts
• performance art involves the artist's body to help produce the piece
• action - early form of modern performance art
• body art - used the body as both canvas and subject
• happenings - type of performance art in the 1960s that involve improvisation and audience participation
• endurance - involves putting body under strain or pain to communicate a message
• ritual - set of actions performed as prescribed by a religion or culture, especially in a formal way