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performing arts
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun performing arts has 1 sense
- performing arts(n = noun.cognition) Array - arts or skills that require public performance; Array has particulars: musical performance, dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore, acting, performing, playacting, playing
is a kind of arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts
Derived form noun performing artist1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
performing arts, n.pl. the arts, such as drama, music, and dance, that require performance for their realization.
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