Performing Arts

DANCE: BALLET

To perform a series of rhythmic and highly technical patterned bodily movements usually performed to music using grace and precision.

DANCE: CONTEMPORARY

 To perform a series of rhythmic and technical patterned bodily movements usually performed to music.

DANCE: MODERN

 To perform a series of rhythmic and patterned bodily movements usually performed to music that focuses on the dancer’s interpretations using their emotions and moods to develop choreography.

DANCE: TRADITIONAL

To perform a series of rhythmic and patterned bodily movements usually performed to music to reflect the life of the people of a certain region or country to tell a story.

DRAMATIC ARTS: ACTING

The art of staging or acting plays.

MUSIC: INSTRUMENTAL—CLASSICAL

The art of performing with a device used to produce music with tones of the late 18th and 19th centuries characterized by an emphasis on balance, clarity, and moderation.

MUSIC: INSTRUMENTAL—CONTEMPORARY

The art of performing with a device used to produce music with the tones of the present.

MUSIC: VOCAL—CLASSICAL

 

The art of performing with the human voice rhythmic tones or sounds of the late 18th and 19th centuries characterized by an emphasis on balance, clarity, and moderation.

MUSIC: VOCAL—CONTEMPORARY

 

The art of performing with the human voice rhythmic tones or sounds to produce music

with the tones of the present.

ORATORY

The art of effective written, and oral presentation to persuade or inform. (This is not a dramatic presentation.

POETRY—PERFORMANCE

An original poem or prose, written by the contestant, performed as a monologue or exchange involving extemporization.