performance

A performance, in the performing arts, generally comprises an event in which a performer or group of performers present one or more works of art to an audience. Usually the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand. Afterwards audience members often applaud. After a performance, performance measurement sometimes occurs. Performance measurement is the process of collecting, analyzing and/or reporting information regarding the performance of an individual, group, organization, system or component.

The means of expressing appreciation can vary by culture. Chinese performers will clap with the audience at the end of a performance; the return applause signals “thank you” to the audience. In Japan, folk performing-arts performances commonly attract individuals who take photographs, sometimes getting up to the stage and within inches of performer’s faces.

Sometimes the dividing line between performer and the audience may become blurred, as in the example of “participatory theatre” where audience members get involved in the production.

Theatrical performances can take place daily or at some other regular interval. Performances can take place at designated performance spaces (such as a theatre or concert hall), or in a non-conventional space, such as a subway station, on the street, or in somebody’s home.

21. November 2023

Reprisals of Radoslav Piovarči’s works

The original artistic work of Radoslav Piovarči (TRAKT) will be presented in the period from August 2022 to June 2023. The productions CHARON and JUST ASK […]
2. January 2023

Park camp 9

The international project Park CAMP 9 creates space and suitable conditions for students, recent graduates and teachers of art colleges in Slovakia and abroad to improve […]
2. January 2023

Nocturno 2022

Trenčín on the riverbedFor the second time, the Akropola Kremnica Cultural Centre is preparing the NOCTURNO event, which will take place on 30 July 2022 in […]
2. January 2023

Hiding dance

Hiding dance is a new site-specific concept from TRAKT, which consists of dance performances (contemporary dance and performance) in unconventional places in Trenčín and its periphery. […]
9. March 2022

Fulla goodbye party performance

Fulla’s works are leaving their home after decades – the Ľudovít Fulla Gallery and Ružomberok. The current unsatisfactory state of disrepair of the gallery building does […]
14. October 2021

Festival of lights and shadow 2021

The Festival of lights and shadow in the heart of Slovakia came into existence in 2015 on the occasion of the UN declaration of that year […]
14. October 2021

Just ask her

Do you need more space? Do you want to be here? How does it feel to be in the spotlight? What do you want to say? […]
14. October 2021

Earth: from traditional art to new media

The interdisciplinary project Earth builds on the interaction of several artistic fields. It is based on Ivana Mer’s album “Earth” (which was nominated for the Radio […]
19. April 2021

Re:index intermedia

Re:index is an intermedia project at the crossroads between sound and object installations linked with contemporary dance, fine arts, intervention into the public space and institutional […]
19. April 2021

Charon

Dance-visual performance entitled CHARON is inspired by the mythological creature Charon – the ferrymen of souls, and the Joseph Campbell thesis about mythology being a power […]
2. November 2019

The Festival of Light and Shadow 2019 in Trnava

In 2019 the Festival of Light and Shadow is expanding from the public space of Banská Bystrica to “Little Rome” to Trnava. In Trnava’s environment, the […]
2. November 2019

The Festival of Light and Shadow 2019 in Banska Bystrica

The Festival of Light and Shadow will traditionally light up the public space of Banská Bystrica in 2019. The 5th year will present contemporary visual forms […]
7. October 2019

Atopic

It is said that “the skin is the window into the body” and therefore we can see various manifestations of the skin in health and in […]
25. August 2019

Interpellation

A full-length dance performance / conceptual movement form for four dancers where choreography overlaps with fine art. The author / director of the project is Tomáš […]
26. January 2019

Hello sir, may I help you?

On 25 January 2018 at 19.00, a physical-theatre dance solo was performed in the premises of the Literary and Dramatic Union of the Primary School of […]