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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Bueno started her performing arts company, Playground Players Productions, in 2016 and took over Edudance Classrooms in Motion, a children’s ballroom dance company, in 2018.
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Inn at the Opera is a boutique hotel close to the Civic Center’s performing arts venues, while Hotel Castro sits in the heart of the historic LGBTQ+ neighborhood.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Fatlume Bunjaku Albania A Kosovar-Albanian, Bunjaku combines her acting career with work as a professor of performing arts.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
February may be short, but that doesn't mean there's a shortage of performing arts productions going on around here.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Like Studmire, the employee was a Boston Arts Academy alumni, which is Boston's public high school for performing arts.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Construction on the performing arts center is slated to begin July 4 and last two years.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
No better way to celebrate 250 years as a nation than by shutting down our center for the performing arts!
—Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Even in the best-case scenario, the president’s plan will only strain the performing arts ecosystem required for the center to thrive.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Inn at the Opera is a boutique hotel close to the Civic Center’s performing arts venues, while Hotel Castro sits in the heart of the historic LGBTQ+ neighborhood.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Fatlume Bunjaku Albania A Kosovar-Albanian, Bunjaku combines her acting career with work as a professor of performing arts.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
February may be short, but that doesn't mean there's a shortage of performing arts productions going on around here.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Like Studmire, the employee was a Boston Arts Academy alumni, which is Boston's public high school for performing arts.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Construction on the performing arts center is slated to begin July 4 and last two years.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
No better way to celebrate 250 years as a nation than by shutting down our center for the performing arts!
—Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Even in the best-case scenario, the president’s plan will only strain the performing arts ecosystem required for the center to thrive.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
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“Performing arts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/performing%20arts. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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