performing arts
noun
: types of art (such as music, dance, or drama) that are performed for an audience
a high school for the performing arts
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MetLiveArts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s performing arts series, will kick off its 2025-2026 season tomorrow night with a program featuring pipa virtuoso Wu Man.
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Jane Levere, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Liberal and performing arts majors, for example, should think twice about borrowing hundreds of thousands in student loans if their median salary within five years of graduation is approximately $38,000.
—Brian Walsh, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Stage acting is the most ephemeral of the classical performing arts.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
This vintage gem shows throwback films and hosts the occasional non-movie performing arts event.
—Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Some of the former Cardinal Stritch facilities are being renovated, including the performing arts center, which will become the new high school building, according to information attributed to Aug Prep CEO Abby Andrietsch in an email to a reporter.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Lemieux, a Fort Worth native now living in Grapevine, had been a freelance journalist covering performing arts in the Metroplex for about 10 years.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti, creator of Desde Otro Cero, a bilingual website dedicated to the performing arts, has been reviewing plays at the Old Town Theatre on and off for 13 years and has special memories of the old barn.
—David J. Bohnet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
The city has also drastically increased the rates of secondary education and internet access up to the national average, and fostered the development of new industries, including in health care and the performing arts.
—Manann Donoghoe, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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Jane Levere, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Liberal and performing arts majors, for example, should think twice about borrowing hundreds of thousands in student loans if their median salary within five years of graduation is approximately $38,000.
—Brian Walsh, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Stage acting is the most ephemeral of the classical performing arts.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
This vintage gem shows throwback films and hosts the occasional non-movie performing arts event.
—Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Some of the former Cardinal Stritch facilities are being renovated, including the performing arts center, which will become the new high school building, according to information attributed to Aug Prep CEO Abby Andrietsch in an email to a reporter.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Lemieux, a Fort Worth native now living in Grapevine, had been a freelance journalist covering performing arts in the Metroplex for about 10 years.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti, creator of Desde Otro Cero, a bilingual website dedicated to the performing arts, has been reviewing plays at the Old Town Theatre on and off for 13 years and has special memories of the old barn.
—David J. Bohnet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
The city has also drastically increased the rates of secondary education and internet access up to the national average, and fostered the development of new industries, including in health care and the performing arts.
—Manann Donoghoe, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Performing arts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/performing%20arts. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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