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

Examples of performing arts in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the criticism category, Owen Gleiberman was nominated for film critic (over 1,000 words) as well as music critic and Daniel D’Addario was nominated for theater/performing arts critic. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026

Her Dolores Huerta Foundation supported endeavors as diverse as a performing arts camp for children, higher education mentoring for high school students and food distribution to victims of floods that inundated the Central Valley in 2023. — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

And of course, Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) was principal of McKinley High, which became a full-fledged performing arts school. — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2026

An anthology of new plays by female-identifying writers, Women+ on the Edge of Democracy was commissioned by the Flynn—a center for performing arts in Burlington, Vermont—in partnership with the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. — Carey Purcell, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for performing arts

• cartes
• carts
• charts
• darts
• farts
• harts
• hearts
• marts
• partes
• parts
• smarts
• starts