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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The Music Center, which is the larger performing arts complex housing the Walt Disney Concert Hall, also hosts occasional concerts and other events at no cost.
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Krista Simmons, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
The Bankhead hosts more than 220 events a year, including local performing arts groups and headline music and comedy stars like LeAnn Rimes, Ruthie Foster, Marc Maron and Jason Alexander.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
The festival spans all types of performing arts, including theater, dance, comedy, improv, cabaret and more.
—Laura Daily, Denver Post, 3 June 2026
Restaurants, performing arts spaces, bookstores, museums, historic sites — there’s no shortage of places to spend that extra pocket change.
—Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2026
Mahogany Jones is the program coordinator for The Yunion's performing arts summer program, one of three camps offered by the nonprofit.
—Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Nearby, the old Beverly Hills Post Office (built in 1934 and now part of The Wallis performing arts center) contains WPA-era murals that, again, most people walk past on their way to valet parking.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
In a separate action, the union has also called on all professionals in the performing arts, media, and publishing sectors to join a protest against Bolloré in front of the legendary Olympia music hall in Paris, which is owned bby Vivendi, in which the Bolloré Group.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 May 2026
Before moving to the online school in eighth grade, Clark attended middle school at San Diego Creative and Performing Arts School, a public magnet school with a focus on visual and performing arts.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
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Krista Simmons, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
The Bankhead hosts more than 220 events a year, including local performing arts groups and headline music and comedy stars like LeAnn Rimes, Ruthie Foster, Marc Maron and Jason Alexander.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
The festival spans all types of performing arts, including theater, dance, comedy, improv, cabaret and more.
—Laura Daily, Denver Post, 3 June 2026
Restaurants, performing arts spaces, bookstores, museums, historic sites — there’s no shortage of places to spend that extra pocket change.
—Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2026
Mahogany Jones is the program coordinator for The Yunion's performing arts summer program, one of three camps offered by the nonprofit.
—Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Nearby, the old Beverly Hills Post Office (built in 1934 and now part of The Wallis performing arts center) contains WPA-era murals that, again, most people walk past on their way to valet parking.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
In a separate action, the union has also called on all professionals in the performing arts, media, and publishing sectors to join a protest against Bolloré in front of the legendary Olympia music hall in Paris, which is owned bby Vivendi, in which the Bolloré Group.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 May 2026
Before moving to the online school in eighth grade, Clark attended middle school at San Diego Creative and Performing Arts School, a public magnet school with a focus on visual and performing arts.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
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“Performing arts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/performing%20arts. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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