performance arts
Live creative presentations
Performance arts are creative disciplines presented live before an audience—theater, dance, music, opera, and related forms.
The term emphasizes the ephemeral, embodied nature of these arts: each performance exists only in the moment of its execution.
She studied performance arts in college.
The singular performance art refers specifically to avant-garde works blending visual art with live action.
- musical theaterStaged entertainment combining song
- theaterVenue for live drama
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- actingTemporarily holding position
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
ensemble cast · puppetry · play · dress rehearsal · opening night · pantomime · circus · music · ballet · avant-garde theater · dance · body movement · opera · spoken word · choreography · improv · one-man show · vaudeville
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Sight-based creative disciplines
fine arts · studio arts · sculpture · painting · photography
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Fired clay objects
glassblowing · textile arts · printmaking · woodworking · metalwork
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