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.