performing arts

American  

plural noun

1. arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing.

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performing arts British  

plural noun

1. the arts that are primarily performed before an audience, such as dance and drama

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Etymology

Origin of performing arts

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Davies replaced Dyer just before the first show was televised and was later subject to online criticism that her background in performing arts gave her an advantage over other contestants.

From BBC

The idea for a national performing arts centre began in the 1950s and after Kennedy, the 35th president, was assassinated in 1963, Congress passed a law to name it in his honour.

From BBC

It is the performing arts programs that helped me see more of who I was.

From Los Angeles Times

The Leaf Studio Academy in Bournemouth specialises in sport and the performing arts and is also already teaching financial literacy.

From BBC

But I was coming from a youth performing arts school where I was in a French play and then “A Cambodian Odyssey,” about the Khmer Rouge.

From Los Angeles Times