Performance Arts 1-22
22 entries in the Performance Arts compendium.
SideshowSecondary carnival attraction featuring oddities, stunts, and burlesque.Stage (theatre)A designated space for performance and audience focus.Stage hypnosisEntertainment hypnosis with disputed causes and historical roots.Staging (theatre, film, television)Staging shapes the visual and spatial experience of performance.Street performancePublic performance for gratuities, practiced worldwide since antiquity.StripteaseA performance art of gradual undressing with disputed ancient origins.StuntStunts are dramatic physical feats performed for artistic purposes.Sword swallowingA dangerous performance art suppressing the swallowing reflex.Tightrope walkingSkill of walking along a thin wire or rope.TrapezeAerial apparatus with trapezoid shape used in circus.VentriloquismAn ancient art of throwing voice to animate a puppet.Card manipulationBranch of magic using sleight of hand with playing cards.ContortionPerformance art showcasing extreme physical flexibility and dramatic feats.CosplayCostumed performance art representing fictional characters.Cups and ballsA classic magic effect testing sleight of hand and misdirection.Drag kingPerformers who embody masculine drag and challenge gender norms.Drag queenA performer who exaggerates female gender signifiers for entertainment.Drag showA burlesque-style adult entertainment form originating in Prohibition-era speakeasies.Dragon danceTraditional Chinese dance manipulating a long dragon puppet for festivals.Fire performancePerformance arts involving the manipulation of fire for visual effect.Freak showExhibition of biological rarities for public entertainment.Magic (illusion)Performing art of seemingly impossible feats using natural means.
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