BISAC Subject Headings List
Performing Arts
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PERFORMING ARTS
Use subjects beginning with "PERFORMING ARTS / Theater" for works on drama as performed on the stage and use "PERFORMING ARTS / Screenplays" for dramatic works written for film or television. Use subjects in the DRAMA section for dramatic works written for the stage.
PER000000 PERFORMING ARTS / General
PER001000 PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning
PER017000 PERFORMING ARTS / Animation (see also Film / Genres / Animated)
PERFORMING ARTS / Broadway & Musicals see Theater / Broadway & Musicals
PER014000 PERFORMING ARTS / Business Aspects
PER002000 PERFORMING ARTS / Circus
PER015000 PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy
PER003000 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General
PER003090 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Ballroom
PER003050 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Choreography & Dance Notation
PER003010 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet
PER003020 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Folk
PER003100 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / History & Criticism
PER003030 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Jazz
PER003040 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Modern
PER003060 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Popular
PER003070 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Reference
PER021000 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Regional & Cultural
PER003080 PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Tap
PER024000 PERFORMING ARTS / Drag
PER004000 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General
PER004010 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production
PER004060 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / General
PER004070 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Action & Adventure
PER004080 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Animated
PER004090 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Comedy
PER004100 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Crime
PER004110 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Documentary
PER004120 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Historical
PER004130 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Horror
PER004170 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Musicals
PER004140 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy
PER004180 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Superheroes
PER004150 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Westerns
PER004020 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Guides & Reviews
PER004030 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism
PER004040 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Reference
PER004160 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Regional & National
PER004050 PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Screenwriting
PER022000 PERFORMING ARTS / Improvisation
PER018000 PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director (see also BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts)
PERFORMING ARTS / Mass Media see SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
PERFORMING ARTS / Miming see Theater / Miming
PERFORMING ARTS / Performance Art see ART / Performance *
PER007000 PERFORMING ARTS / Puppets & Puppetry
PER008000 PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / General
PER008010 PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / History & Criticism
PER008020 PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / Reference
PER009000 PERFORMING ARTS / Reference
PER016000 PERFORMING ARTS / Screenplays
PER019000 PERFORMING ARTS / Storytelling
PER010000 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General
PER010010 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Direction & Production
PER010060 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / General
PER010120 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Animated
PER010070 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Children's
PER010080 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Comedy
PER010130 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Documentary
PER010090 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Drama
PER010100 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Reality, Game Shows & Talk Shows
PER010110 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
PER010140 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Superheroes
PER010020 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Guides & Reviews
PER010030 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism
PER010040 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Reference
PER010050 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Screenwriting
PER011000 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General
PER013000 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Broadway & Musicals
PER011010 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production
PER011050 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Dramaturgy
PER011020 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism
PER006000 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Miming
PER011030 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting
PER011060 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Reference
PER011070 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Regional & National
PER011040 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography
PERFORMING ARTS / Video see headings under Film
PER023000 PERFORMING ARTS / Voice Acting
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