aspects of production in performing

arts
 KEy terms

Audience, time, and Acting and directing

space
Awards and Grants Script
Composition Sets, costume, and
Choreography lighting
Translation and
adaptation
Audience, time and space

• The performing arts have

been presented to various
audiences, at different
venues, and different
occasions. This is dependent
on the prevalent social norms
at the particular time is
Audience, time and space

• For the different ethnic groups in

the Philippines, most of the
performing arts are heavily
integrated to their daily lives.
The types and forms of
performing arts are as assorted
as the events that they
Audience, time and space

• Theater, in the form of rituals, as

well as music and dance can be
donein the privacy of one’s house or
can be performed outdoors such as
the fields, or while at work. It is also
staged during rituals or formal
occasions such as weddings, births,
Audience, time and space

• In the urbanized areas, music,

dance, and theaters are performed
in both private and public space.
Residential house or sometimes
the streets with the help or a
videoke machine serve as mini
concert grounds during
Audience, time and space

• During fiestas, streets are turned

into makeshift stages for singing
and dancing competitions as well
as beauty contest and dance.
Malls and similar establishments
serve as venues for concerts,
bands, dance competitions, and
Audience, time and space

• Churches since the Spanish colonial times are

regular venues for songs and liturgical
dramas. More formal performances are staged
in more conventional theaters such as the
Cultural Center of the Philippines, SM Mall of
Asia Arena, the Philippine Arena in Manila, the
International Eucharistic Convention Pavilion
in Cebu, and CAP Grand Auditorium in Davao.
awards and grants

• As with the visual arts, awards and grants

are given to performing artists as well.
Awards
• are given to performing artists as
recognition for their achievements in a
competition or in their cumulative
career. Awards can come in the form of
 awards and grants

grants
• are given to performing artists to aid
them in developing their craft. Grants can
come from both public and private,
individuals and institutions. Grants are
often given to finance different aspects in
the productin of a performance.
 awards and grants

grants
• It can also come in the form of study
grants which give financial support for
research, studies, and other academic
pursuits related to their craft. Travel
grants serve to augment the expenses in
touring and performing outside their
 awards and grants

comissions
• are financial compensations are given to
performing artists to create a song, a
dance, or a play. Compared to dance and
theater, commissioned works are more
common in music, wherein composers
would be asked to write a song or a jingle to
be used in a commercial or a show.
criticism
• Crticism in the performing arts pertains to
the evalution and examination of the
creation, expression, and meaning of the
particular piece or performance.
• The one who reviews and appraises the
performance is called a critic.
critic

• A critic will review the different aspects of

a performance and give their insights and
evaluation.
• Critics would often published their
appraisal in different media such as
newspapers, magazines, journals,
websites, and blogs.
critic

• Although almost anybody could call

themselves critics, the most credible ones
are those that have been trained or have
a background with the particular
performing art that they are reviewing.
organizations

• Performing art organizations are formal or

informal groupings of artists and/or
enthusiasts in order to support and
appreciate their chosen craft.
 organizations
Informal organization
• can be seen with the ethnic groups where
they come together for one occasion such
as a fiesta or a wedding.
formal organization
• are more permanent and stable. Formal
organizations have clear cut division of
responsibilities and a hierarchy or roles such
as chairmanship, members, etc.
organizations

• can also be categorized according to their

base of operations. It can be a school-based
organization, which means it started and is
organized by a school.
• Examples of school-based performing art
organizations are the UP Madrigal Singers.
 organizations
community-based organization

• are performing art groups that serve the

community, these are less formal and often
have volunteer performers.
• They are usually financed by the wealthy
families of the community and the local
government.
 organizations
professional organizations

• have members from all over the country.

These groups often have the creme de la
creme of the performing artists as they are
given salaries and are employed and trained
full-time.
 organizations
professional organizations

• Examples of such organizations are the CCP

Tanghalang Pilipino, the Repertory
Philippines, and the now disbanded San
Miguel Philharmonic Orhestra.
 organizations
specialized organizations

• are focused on one commonality, such as

the Manila Chamber Music Society which
specializes in chamber music, or the PSME
or the Philippine Society for Music Education
which is an organization for music teachers,
educators, etc.
 organizations
performing art organizations

• are an integral part of the performing ats. It

is an avenue to bond and share. It is a
support system to protect the artist’s rights
and promote advocacies that unite them.
 organizations
performing art organizations

• here are other examples of performing art

organizations. FILSCAP or the Filipino Society
of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
Performing Rights Society of the Philippines
(PRSP).
EDUCATION

• in the performing arts is concerned with the

transfer of knowledge, the techniques, and
styles. As with the visual arts, it can be
transferred through informal settings or
formal backdrops such as the classroom
 EDUCATION
informal education

• are often the type of education seen in the

ethnic groups where the indigenous people
teach the younger generations of their
community’s traditional music, dance, and
rituals.
 EDUCATION
informal education
• Performing art education in these cultural
minorities are integrated to their everyday
lives that the students learn their music and
dance rituals organically. They absorb the
songs and choreography almost
subconsciously through the constant
exposure and application of the performing
 EDUCATION
formal education

• performing arts are included in the

curriculum of the students. The performing
arts are learned through teacher-led
instruction in the classroom. Teaching
standards are set per grade level.
 EDUCATION
formal education

• The students learn art appreciation, art

history, and learn and apply different styles
and techniques. Content difficulty starts
with the basic and spirals to more complex
subjects and themes as students progress
through school.
MUSIC
 COMPOSITION
• is the artistic process in the creation of
music. It is traditionally refferd to as the
practice of creating a notated score and
its completion through the interpretation
by music artists.
 COMPOSITION
• According to Arnold Shoenbergd, a
renowned Austrian composer, there are
three basic steps in music composition.
• First is the basic idea. The basic idea is
often the source of inspiration that is
drawn upon a story, an emotion, or an
image.
 COMPOSITION
• This inspiration is transferred to musical
material in which the music components
such as the scale and mode are used.
And finally its progression to a musical
form through the creation of theme or
motif.
 COMPOSITION
• This is throughly western concept that
was brought by the Spaniards and has
since been adapted in the local industry.
Popular and notable contemporary
Filipino composers include Ryan
Cayabyab, Jose Mari Chan, Lito Camo,
Ely Buendia, Gary Valenciano, and Ogie
Alcasid.
 COMPOSITION
• Traditional ethnic music is heavily
improvised and spontaneous, the music is
not written on the score sheet but rather
the creative process is seen through the
ability of the performers to innovate and
invent according to the existing style and
rules in their community’s music traditon.
 RECORDING
• is the process of creating multiple copies
of music to be distributed to the public.
Professional recording entails the
following steps:
Preproduction
• is the process in which producers and
their people would decide upon a concept
or music performance.
 RECORDING
Production
• phase
is the part where actual music is created.
This is where musical arrangements are
made, rehearsals, the actual
performance, recording, editing, and
mixing is done.
 RECORDING
Postproduction
• This step is devoted to the promotion,
marketing, and selling of the finished
product.
 MUSIC INDUSTRY
• is the business of selling recorded music.
This is collaborative work that entails
different personalities such as the
producer, the singer or sometimes called
the recording artist, the composer, the
arranger, the recording company,
managers, musicians, technicians,
record duplicators, disc jockeys, and the
sales team.
 MUSIC INDUSTRY

• Sometimes multiple roles can be

engaged in by a single person.
DANCE
CHOREOGRAPHY
• is a part of dance that arranges and
manipulates movements, formations,
words, music, sets, props, lights, and
dancers to express an idea or
narration.
CHOREOGRAPHY
• Dance steps are combinations of
human actions and movements such
as walking, sliding, running, leaping,
hopping, skipping, and jumping.
DESIGN
• Design for dance are the visual
materials used to suggest, allude
symbolisms and illusion. These
materials include steps, props,
• costumes,
Sets are lighting.
backgrounds that are
sometimes constructed or painted.
DESIGN

• The props’ and costumes help identify

characters and the events and
enhance the movements on stage.
Lighting provides appropriate mood or
a sense of time.
 Acting and
• Acting Directing
is the art of embodying a character.
It is one of the most basic elements in
theater. Acting in indigenous theater are
seen in rituals and dances.
• Indigenous theater acting can be seen in
their representation and mimicry of
animals and daily work.
 Acting and
Directing
• In the contemporary stage, acting has been
heavily influenced by Western styles of
acting such as the Stanislavsky method
which is described as understanding the
true quality of each emotion through one’s
observation.
 Acting and
• Directing
Another acting style is Strasberg’s method
acting, which is described as being the
character in and outside the stage.
• Directing is the complete supervision
and management of all the different
elements in theater production.
 Acting and
Directing
• This includes the approval and coordination
with all the aspects of a production such as
acting, design of sets, costumes, lighting,
and sound.
 Script
• Script or the play script is the literal
transcription of play. It includes stage
direction, production notes, and cast list.
• The person who writes scripts for plays are
called playwrights.
 Script
• A playwright’s work can go to several
modifications and revisions as the
production of the play progresses.
• These modifications or changes can be due
to budget constraints or cirectorial
decisions.
 Script

• In the indigenous theater, rituals do not

have a written scripts, however they do
have established routines and procedures.
 Sets, costume, and
lighting
Sets
• refers to the scenes and props for the
physical representation of the setting,
Costume
period, and time.
• as a theatrical production aspect deals with
the distinct attire a character wears during
the performance.
 Sets, costume, and
lighting
Costume
• Costumes can also be seen in indigenous
theaters, where performers wear special
costumes that are appropriated for the
event or occasion.
 Sets, costume, and
lighting
Lighting
• is the use of light in a theater production.
Similar with that mentioned in the aspect
of dance, it is used to illuminate the stage,
create ambiance and mood, and higlight
and exaggerate a character’s movements.
 Translation and
Adaptation
Translation
• is the conversion of a foreign play to the
vernacular
Adaptation
• is the reinterpretation of the play according
to local cultures and traditions to make it
more relatable to the audience.