Gidan wasan kwaikwayo
Gidan wasan kwaikwayo ko wasan kwaikwayo  wani nau'i ne na haɗin gwiwar yin fasaha da ke amfani da masu yin raye-raye, da 'yan wasan kwaikwayo, yawanci 'yan wasan kwaikwayo, suna gabatar da kwarewar wani abu na gaske ko abin da aka yi tsammani a gaban masu sauraro a wani wuri na musamman, sau da yawa mataki. Masu wasan kwaikwayo na iya sadar da wannan ƙwarewar ga masu sauraro ta hanyar haɗakar motsin motsi, magana, waƙa, kiɗa, da rawa. Abubuwan fasaha, irin su zane-zane da wasan kwaikwayo irin su hasken wuta ana amfani da su don haɓaka yanayin jiki, kasancewa da nuna gaggawar gwaninta.  takamaiman wurin wasan kwaikwayon kuma ana kiran shi da kalmar "wasan kwaikwayo" kamar yadda aka samo shi daga kalmar Girkanci θέατρον (théatron, "wurin kallo"), kanta daga θεάομαι (theáomai, "gani", "don kallo".  "don lura").

Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Yammacin Yamma na zamani ya zo, a cikin babban ma'auni, daga gidan wasan kwaikwayo na tsohuwar Girka, daga abin da ya samo kalmomi na fasaha, rarrabuwa zuwa nau'o'i, da yawancin jigogi, haruffan jari, da abubuwan makirci. Mawallafin wasan kwaikwayo Patrice Pavis ya bayyana wasan kwaikwayo, harshen wasan kwaikwayo, rubutun mataki da kuma ƙayyadaddun wasan kwaikwayo a matsayin kalmomi masu kama da juna waɗanda suka bambanta wasan kwaikwayo daga sauran wasan kwaikwayo, wallafe-wallafe da fasaha a gaba ɗaya.  

Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na zamani ya haɗa da wasan kwaikwayo na wasan  da wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa. Siffofin fasaha na ballet da opera suma gidan wasan kwaikwayo ne kuma suna amfani da al'adu da yawa kamar wasan kwaikwayo, tufafi da kuma tsarawa. Sun kasance masu tasiri ga ci gaban wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa; duba waɗannan labaran don ƙarin bayani.

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