Art BriefPerforming Arts
Performing arts are those in which the artist makes use of the human body as the medium to communicate with the audience. Performing arts mainly include music, drama and dance. The history of the performing arts dates back to Greece in the 6th Century B.C. Like other forms of art, the performing arts reached their peak in the Renaissance period. Beethoven, Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi are known masters of the performing arts. In the modern day, Thomas Edison invented the motion picture which gave rise to Hollywood. Rhythm and Blues; and Broadway were other milestones in the performing arts.
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