BISAC Subject Headings List

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PERFORMING ARTS

Use subects 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 & Ethnic

PER003080

PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Tap

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

PER004140

PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy

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

PER020000

PERFORMING ARTS / Monologues & Scenes

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

PER010070

PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Children's

PER010080

PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Comedy

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

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

PER011020

PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism

PER006000

PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Miming

PER011030

PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting

PER011040

PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography

 

PERFORMING ARTS / Video see headings under Film

PER023000

PERFORMING ARTS / Voice Acting

If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area. NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE

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