performing arts

…Kagura, Kabuki, Kyogen, Puppet Theatre, Joruri Noh [Misumi Haruo]
[Folk performing arts outside Japan]
The first distinctive feature of the performing arts that have been practiced among the peoples of various ethnic groups is their comprehensive artistic character. Not only the Japanese term "geino" (art), but also the Greek term "mousikē" and the Indian term "nāṭya" in ancient societies, as well as the modern English term "performing arts" and the Indonesian term "karawitan" all refer to cultural phenomena that organically incorporate elements of dance, music, theater, literature, and other arts. However, it is not appropriate to label these as undifferentiated and to consider them to be in the preliminary stages of development in light of the modern European view of art, which tends to make music and literature seem to have differentiated, become independent, and become autonomous.

*Some explanations of terms that refer to "performing arts" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…神楽歌舞伎狂言人形浄瑠璃能【三隅 治雄】
【日本以外の民俗芸能】
　諸民族の民間で行われてきた芸能の全体を通じて際だつ特色としては，第1に総合芸術的性格をあげることができる。日本語の〈芸能〉ばかりでなく，古代社会ではギリシアの〈ムシケmousikē〉やインドの〈ナーティヤnāṭya〉，そして現代では英語の〈パフォーミング･アーツperforming arts〉やインドネシア語の〈カラウィタンkarawitan〉などは，すべて舞踊，音楽，演劇，文芸などの要素を有機的に内包する文化事象を意味している。しかし，これらが未分化であるとレッテルをはり，音楽や文芸が分化･独立して自律化したかのように思われがちなヨーロッパ近代の芸術観に照らし合わせて，発展の前段階にあるとするのは妥当ではない。…

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