Performance Piece

A Performance Piece is a creative work that is an entertainment work (designed to be performed for an audience through planned presentation and performance techniques).

• Context:
  • It can (typically) employ Performance Techniques through planned delivery and skilled execution.
  • It can (typically) involve Performer Skills through practiced movements and audience engagement.
  • It can (typically) create Audience Responses through emotional impact and sensory experience.
  • It can (typically) maintain Performance Flow through pacing control and energy management.
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  • It can (often) utilize Performance Space for staging effects.
  • It can (often) incorporate Performance Props for presentation enhancement.
  • It can (often) include Audience Interactions for engagement moments.
  • It can (often) feature Multiple Performers for ensemble dynamics.
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  • It can range from being a Simple Performance to being a Complex Production, depending on its performance scale.
  • It can range from being a Scripted Work to being an Improvised Piece, depending on its performance structure.
  • It can range from being a Solo Act to being a Group Show, depending on its performer count.
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• Examples:
  • Comedic Performance Pieces, such as:
    • "Modern Times" (1936), featuring comedy performance.
    • "Who's on First?" (1937), showing comedy routine.
    • "Noises Off" (1982), demonstrating stage comedy.
  • Dramatic Performance Pieces, such as:
    • "Death of a Salesman" (1949), featuring dramatic acting.
    • "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1947), showing theatrical drama.
    • "King Lear" (1606), demonstrating classical tragedy.
  • Musical Performance Pieces, such as:
    • "The Magic Flute" (1791), featuring operatic performance.
    • "West Side Story" (1957), showing musical theater.
    • "Swan Lake" (1876), demonstrating ballet performance.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Written Works, which are meant to be read rather than performed.
  • Visual Art Pieces, which are static displays rather than live performances.
  • Recorded Media, which lacks the live element of performance.
• See: Performance Art, Entertainment Work, Stage Work, Theater Piece, Live Show, Production Work.

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