The Performing Arts

DANCE

To perform a series of rhythmic and patterned bodily movements usually performed to music.

DRAMATICS

The art of staging or acting plays.

MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL/CLASSICAL

The art of performing with a device used to produce music with tones of the late 18^th and 19^th centuries characterized by an emphasis on balance, clarity, and moderation.

MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL/CONTEMPORARY

The art of performing with a device used to produce music with the tones of the present.

MUSIC VOCAL/CLASSICAL

The art of performing with the human voice rhythmic tones or sounds of the late 18^th and 19^th centuries characterized by an emphasis on balance, clarity, and moderation.

MUSIC VOCAL/CONTEMPORARY

The art of performing with the human voice rhythmic tones or sounds to produce music with the tones of the present.

ORATORY

The art of speaking in public eloquently and effectively.  (This is not a dramatic presentation.)

POETRY - PERFORMANCE

An original poem or prose performed as a monologue or exchange involving extemporization.