Maharashtra Board Class 9 Self development and Art Appreciation Chapter 9 Art Appreciation Performing Arts PDF Download

Art Appreciation - Performing Arts

Understanding the beauty in Art

Objectives

1. Be able to explain the importance of performing arts like music, dance and drama in human life in their own words.

2. Brief introduction to the basic elements of music, dance and drama.

3. Be able to explain and identify the types of performing art forms and their importance.

4. Be able to create a performance for self expression.

5. Be able to describe the use of basic elements which they find appealing in a performance.

In the earlier chapter, we saw the difference between visual arts and performing arts.

Performing arts are art forms which are performed live for the audience.

Performing arts include various art forms like magic, puppetry, circus art, performances without words, public speaking, stand up comedy etc., however, all of these art forms can be grouped to three forms - Drama, Music and Dance. Hence, we would be studying these three art forms in details.

Teacher's Note

Performing arts are very important in our daily life. Think about how we enjoy dramas on TV and dances at school functions - these help us express our feelings.

Exam Trick

Remember: There are three main performing arts - Drama, Music, and Dance. All other art forms like magic and puppetry fall under one of these three types.

Points to Remember

Performing arts are done live in front of an audience.
Drama, Music and Dance are the three main types of performing arts.
Other art forms like magic and puppetry are parts of these three main types.
Performing arts help people express their feelings and emotions.
All performing arts need practice and hard work.

Drama

Let us play act.

Two students should volunteer for this activity. One of them should play the role of a parent and the other should be the son or daughter. The situation is that the son or daughter has failed in the examination and is showing the report card to the parent. The students should try to imagine what generally happens and take five minutes to prepare and five minutes to perform the situation.

1. What is Drama?

As you would have noticed in the previous skit, the students assumed the roles of the characters and tried to behave as if they really were parents or children. The students watching it knew that the roles the students have assumed are not real. Yet they chose to believe them. What the students performed was a 'DRAMA'.

Thus, drama is an art form where people assume fictional identity or roles and try to perform them in such a way that they seem as real as possible to the audience. In short, drama means to create an illusion of reality through fiction. Hence even in daily life, whenever we feel that a person behaves in a way which is not true, we say 'stop acting' or 'don't act'!

2. Acting

The person who assumes a fictional role is called an actor and the action of playing the role is called 'acting'.

In India, acting is believed to be of four types:

1. 'Angika Abhinay' - To act using body movements, facial expression, gestures is called as 'Angika Abhinay'.

2. 'Vachika Abhinay' - To act using words, intonations, pause between two words or sentences is called as 'Vachika Abhinay'.

3. 'Aharya Abhinay' - To act using costumes, make up, lights, things (props) is called as 'Aharya Abhinay'.

4. 'Sattwik Abhinay' - The expression of the physical and mental state of a fictional character in a drama is called 'Sattvik Abhinay'. A Sanskrit shloka praising Lord Shiva refers to all the four types of Abhinay.

Teacher's Note

Acting uses body, voice, and costumes to show a character. When you do a school play, you use all four types of acting together.

Exam Trick

Remember the four types of acting by thinking: Body movements (Angika), Words (Vachika), Costumes (Aharya), and Emotions (Sattwik). Each one helps to show the character better.

Points to Remember

Acting means playing a pretend role in front of an audience.
Angika Abhinay uses body movements and facial expressions.
Vachika Abhinay uses words and voice changes.
Aharya Abhinay uses clothes, makeup, and props.
Sattwik Abhinay shows the feelings of the character.

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