Where does chorus collide?

In animal behaviour, a chorus is the collective acoustic display of many signalling individuals (insects or frogs) whose calls are timed relative to one another, sometimes into near-synchrony and sometimes into regular alternation. The timing arises from each caller adjusting to its neighbours, and it shapes mate attraction and competition. Greenfield's Synchronous and Alternating Choruses in Insects and Anurans sets out the common timing mechanisms and their varied functions. The referent is a timed aggregation of animal signals, unrelated to an audio effect or a theatrical ensemble beyond the shared word.[1]

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The collective timing pattern (synchrony or alternation) of many callers

Recovery means

Not applicable

Measured by

Characterised by call-timing relationships among individuals, degree of synchrony or alternation, and chorus tenure and size

In classical Greek drama, the chorus is a group of performers who sing and dance together, speaking as a collective voice that comments on the action, addresses the audience, and marks the structure of the play. It functions as a distinct dramatic persona rather than an individual character. Billings, Budelmann, and Macintosh's edited volume Choruses, Ancient and Modern examines the chorus across antiquity and its later reinventions. The referent is a theatrical collective and its dramatic role, sharing only the word with an animal chorus or an audio effect.[2]

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The collective voice and movement of the performing group within a drama

Recovery means

Not applicable

Measured by

Analysed qualitatively by its odes, dramatic function, relation to the actors, and structural role in the play