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Dance and Theatre Performers

Artists whose primary practice is performing or staging live theatrical or dance works, rather than writing them, spanning ballet, modern dance, and theatrical performance and direction. Belongs here: dancers, choreographers, actors, theatre directors, and impresarios whose art is realized in live performance or its staging. Does not belong here: playwrights and dramatists whose primary practice is writing the dramatic text performed, who are grouped under Dramatists and Playwrights, and composers and musicians, who are grouped under Composers or Performing Musicians and Vocalists.

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1. National Core Arts Standards: Theatre Introduction
National Coalition for Core Arts StandardsTheatre introduction, scope paragraph
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theatre includes the broader and more traditional conventions of the craft that have been developed over the centuries -- scripted plays, acting, public performance, and stagecraft.
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2. National Core Arts Standards: Dance Introduction
National Coalition for Core Arts StandardsDance introduction, scope statement
Quote, Dance introduction, scope statement
The National Core Arts Standards in Dance are designed to enable students to achieve dance literacy.
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