When it comes to the topic of performance art or even theater as art, there are a lot of opinions thrown around. Today, we wanted to share ours: theater is culture personified.
If you’re not quite convinced, we’ve got a few solid reasons to back up our claim. Here they are:
Costumes
Costumes come with their own brand of awesome. It takes a lot of skill and artistry to bring to life costumes that stay true to the era of the play or even to help emphasize the story. Costumes help to accentuate the culture of the people that being portrayed by the play.
We see this in period plays like Phantom of the Opera or Jane Eyre. Who can look at the costumes there and say that it is not art?
Sets
The set work that goes into theater is its own industry and rightly so. There is significant planning that goes into building a set that accompanies a theater play. There are lights to consider, backdrops, props, and a plethora of other things that can really drive inexperienced people crazy.
There are plays like the Lion King that really bring to life the sights and sounds of Africa. That in itself is culture and art.
Stories
The stories that people get to tell on stage is the very personification of performance art. It is through talented people like those that portray the characters in Blind Spot that you really get to enjoy the culmination of great writing.
It isn’t just the sounds or the sights that you see. It is the emotions that you feel while watching a play that really allows you to immerse yourself in the art of it all.
If you’re not convinced with that, we don’t know how else you’ll see the art and culture of theater. What other reasons can you think of as to why theater personifies culture and art?