Theater Genres

noun a type of entertainment featuring music, dance, comedy, and typically performed in a nightclub or restaurant

adjective relating to or characteristic of a cabaret

• The cabaret performance showcased a variety of talented singers and dancers.
• Let's go check out that cabaret show downtown, it's supposed to be really fun!
• I heard that new cabaret joint is lit, we should definitely hit it up.
• Her life felt like a chaotic cabaret, with different acts and dramas unfolding every day.

noun a style of art in which the artist seeks to depict the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in him or her

• Expressionism is a modernist movement in art and literature that seeks to depict the subjective emotions and experiences of the artist.
• Have you seen that new painting? It's like, total expressionism vibes.
• I'm really feeling the expressionism in this music video.
• Her dance was a beautiful display of emotional expressionism.

noun a melodramatic movie or television show featuring cowboys and the American West

• The horse opera genre became popular in the early 20th century.
• I love watching those old horse opera movies with all the action and drama.
• Let's kick back and watch a classic horse opera tonight.
• The political debate turned into a real horse opera with all the shouting and accusations.

adjective describing a combination of dance and musical elements

• The dancical performance was a beautiful blend of dance and musical elements.
• I heard that new show is a dancical - should be fun to watch!
• Let's go check out that dancical at the theater tonight.
• Her movements were so graceful, it was like she was performing a dancical on ice.