dramatic arts
Acting and stagecraft
The dramatic arts are the disciplines involved in creating theatrical performances—acting, directing, stagecraft, playwriting.
The term encompasses both the craft of live performance and its academic study.
A student might major in dramatic arts, or a school might have a dramatic arts program.
Also called theater arts or simply drama.
- actingTemporarily holding position
- stage frightFear of performing publicly
- Greek tragedyClassical dramatic form featuring downfall
- tragic heroCharacter whose flaw causes ruin
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
catharsis · playwriting · thespian · stage · absurdism · set design · Broadway show · avant-garde theater · monologue · breaking character · scene study · physicality · Shakespearean plays · vocal projection · Elizabethan theater · dialogue · actor · directing
- performing artsacting, dance, music, theater, theatre
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, stage, actor
- theater trainingacting schools, acting workshops, theater programs, voice training, improvisation
- Indian Performancekathak, mudras, folk theater, court dance, classical plays
- fine artsfine art, painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking
dramatic artsvisual arts
Sight-based creative disciplines
fine arts · sculpture · painting · literary arts · written word
dramatic artsstudio arts
Hands-on creative disciplines
craft · writing · composition
dramatic artspractical arts
Skills for real-world work
applied arts · industrial arts · STEM fields · manual trades · sciences