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In this directory you will find good information about the various majors and directions you can take with a career in the performing arts.
Dance |
Music |
Theater
DANCE
The word dance is used to describe personal expression through movement and generally involves contributions of choreographers and musicians. Usually presented as a performance or in a social or spiritual scenario, dance has existed in all societies since the first humans as part of rituals and ceremonies, as well as for entertainment purposes. Many modern dance forms evolved from the earliest dances. Dance began to be regarded as an academic discipline during the 1920s, and today, students can study the history, analysis, and practice of dozens of dance forms at colleges and universities throughout the world. Popular forms of dance performance include ballet, ballroom, country/western, disco, flamenco, folk, hip-hop, jazz, swing, and tap. Students can also study the history of dance or the use of dance in therapy. The field offers a number of exciting options.
Ballet
Ballroom Dance
Butoh
Capoeira
Circus Arts
Chinese Dance
Classical Indian dance
Country and Western
Dance History
Dance Technology
Dance Therapy
Disabled Dancing
Disco Dance
Figure Skating
Flamenco
Folk Dancing
Historical Dance
Jazz Dance
Middle Eastern
Modern Dance
Swing Dance
Irish Step Dancing
Tap
MUSIC
The art of music can be traced back to all societies in all periods of time. While styles and uses of music vary widely across the world and over time, the natural human tendency to create and enjoy music is the same everywhere. A music education is ideal for those looking to perform, teach, or study its theory and history. Students of music can study a specific instrument, vocals, staging, music education or therapy, theory, history, composition, or even recording arts.
Band
Brass
Broadcasting
Chamber Music
Composition
Computer Music Media
Conducting
Ethnomusicology
Folk Music
Guitar
Jazz studies
Vocal Jazz
Music Business Management
Music Education
Music History and Literature
Music Production & Engineering
Music Theory
Music Therapy
Musical Arrangment
Musicology
Opera Studies
Orchestra
Percussion
Piano
Songwriting
Vocal
Woodwind
THEATER
Theater has long been a part of human culture. The oldest surviving plays can be traced to Ancient Greece, and since that time, theater has evolved from simple three-man productions to plays that involve the work of dozens to create the desired overall effect. Modern theater depends on the work of many, all combining various elements, to produce a successful play. Dance and music are often vital to a production. Other theater specialties one can prepare for include costume design, directing, lighting, writing, set design, sound, stagecraft, and theater management.
Acting
Camera
Costume Design
Design
Directing
Drama
Dramatic Criticism
Dramaturgy
Film
Lighting Design
Mime
Period Acting
Playwriting
Scene Design
Screenwriting
Sound Design
Special Effects Makeup
Stage Management
Stage Movement
Stagecraft
Theater Management
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