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Category:Performing arts facts for kids

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The performing arts include theatre/drama, music, opera, and dance, mime and pantomime. Stand-up comedy, oratory, debate are also performing arts. The term also includes all of the various elements, and variations of the foregoing, such as oral interpretation, marching band, and so on.

An artist who practices one or more performing arts is called a "performer". Common occupational titles include actor, comedian, singer, dancer, musician, orator, and so on.