Participatory theatre
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Participatory theatre is a form of theatre
in which the audience
interacts with the performers or the presenters. Classroom exercises often include elements of participatory theatre.
In the United States
, avant-garde
organizations invite audience members to the stage. Often, performers would socialize with audience members before the show while seating them. Then, they would surprise these members by inviting them to the stage.
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
in which the audience
Audience
An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature , theatre, music or academics in any medium...
interacts with the performers or the presenters. Classroom exercises often include elements of participatory theatre.
In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
organizations invite audience members to the stage. Often, performers would socialize with audience members before the show while seating them. Then, they would surprise these members by inviting them to the stage.