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Where Did The Word Theatre Originate From?

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    The word theatre originated form the French word "théâtre", as well as the Greek word "theatron", θέατρον, which means "place of seeing". It is place for performing arts any kind of acting out stories, which is performed in front of an audience. This could be done with a mixer of speech, gesture, mime, puppets, music, dance, sound and spectacle. Infact could be any elements of the performing arts. Apart from this you also have opera, ballet, mime, kabuki, puppetry, classical Indian dance, Chinese opera, mummers' plays, and pantomime.

    Some of the very well known theatre festivals are Edinburgh International Festival,
    Golden Mask Festival (Russia), Galway Arts Festival (Galway Ireland), Project06 (Galway Ireland), Natyanjali Classical Indian musical theatre festival in the Hindu temples of South India, Bogotá's Iberoamerican International Festival, Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, California), Festival Internacional de Artistas de Rua da Bahia - Brazil. (Street artists) and Curitiba Theatre Festival - Brazil.
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