performing arts

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   arts or skills that require public performance

   Broaderhumanistic discipline

   Narrowermusical performancedancingacting

Questions about performing arts

What does performing arts mean?

performing arts means "arts or skills that require public performance".

Is performing arts a common word?

performing arts is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.