Running Head: DEVELOPMENT IN PERFORMING ARTS

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Development in Theatre Arts
Introduction
In the post-modern era, everybody focused on progressing in life in all possible ways and some of the most common ways in which people from Greece progressed were such as through joining the theatre group. According to some authors, modernity is described as the act of pursuing progress through incorporating the principles of hierarchy and rationality into the public and into the artistic life of many people in the society. Performing arts has come a long way and one of the aspects of arts that we are focusing on today is theatre arts. Theatre arts exists in manifold contexts thus there is a tension between studying it at depth and doing it within its wider and immediate contexts. The study of the background history of theatre in Greece goes back to the 21st century since through doing this is when researchers are able to trace the gradual changes that it has undergone. Theatre is done for acting and entertainment enjoyment especially when someone is excited and wants to express their particular state. Theatre can be done to express one’s sentimental feelings. Theatre can be used to express contentment and in most cases, this can be seen when an individual has undergone a particular situation that they want to express their feelings out. It is not very clear for one to state when dance became part of the human culture because there are no specific artifacts that one can use to make claims. There are many stories of how people used to celebrate in the medieval era but in all these stories there are no clear indications of whether people used to act or not thus the background history of dancing still remains unknown to date. Theatre has been considered as a very important part of any given ceremony both in the modern world and in the previous years before civilization. Even though there is no much evidence of theatre in the pre-historic times concerning dance, people have always known about dances and this has happened naturally because people have always been performing rituals and celebrations. Some archaeological sites in parts of India and Egypt tend to depict images of dancing people with claims that they were in existence in approximately 3300 BC thus this means that the art of theatre has come a long way and human beings have been embracing it naturally. One of the ways in which theatre in Greece was used in the previous years was through storytelling sessions and myths since through performing theatre, the myths would sound more interesting and the people being told these myths would become more convinced that whatever they are being told really happened. Theatre is very effective in many ways since there are people who pass messages through acting and living every bit of their personal feelings. There are different types of theatre that bring out the sentimental feeling of a person; there are those theatre arts that show somber mood, there are those that portray a happy person and so on.
Conclusion
Finally, through the study of the theatre in Greece, we can conclude that post-modernity began immediately after modernity was brought to an end. This means that post-modernity began in the early 20th century and this makes it very easy for the readers to understand and theatre is very important in the society.