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Nonfiction work documenting a performance, event, or concert of dance, music, opera, operetta, theatrical stage productions, magic, circus, stand-up comedy, burlesque, or other vaudeville or variety stage acts. Although the work being performed may be fictional, as with a stage play, the intent of the work in hand is documentation of that performance rather than a fictional narrative about it. Note: If applicable, use the form Performance in conjunction with the appropriate genre(s) and other form(s), such as Television special. see also Unedited. Film examples: GRAND CONCERT (with Music; Opera; Dance); MILLER AND LYLES IN THEY KNOW THEIR GROCERIES (with Comedy); SOLLY WARD AT THE PARTY (with Comedy); SPANUTH'S ORIGINAL VOD-A-VIL MOVIES; SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA; TRAPEZE DISROBING ACT (with Erotic). TV examples: BARYSHNIKOV ON BROADWAY (with Dance); LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER; THE MAGIC OF DAVID COPPERFIELD.

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