Post by Eλευθερί on May 8, 2017 7:14:54 GMT
it's unique in its existence as a single one created from a compendium of others: performance, in the forms of acting, singing or dance; literature, in the forms of story and script; the visual, incorporating painting, sculpture and architecture within the photographic mise-en-scène. And of course, music.
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Unless there are one or more I've neglected, I can't think of another art form that's essentially comprised of all the others.
Um, opera? Dance (or danse)? A Julie Taymor stage production which defies traditional boundaries ...
They often feature music, singing, dancing, the artistry of costume design and set design - and at the heart of it, storytelling.
Live theater (opera and danse are, both, forms of live theater) can sometimes even take it one step further, by inviting the audience to become participants in the production--something film as we usually conceive of it can never do.