performing arts (discipline) <p><span class="page">Disciplines concerning arts that depend upon performances presented to the attention of observers through the live or recorded actions of the artists, such as actors, musicians, poets, etc.</span></p> <p><span class="page">Source: Art &amp; Architecture Thesaurus</span></p> <p><span class="page">http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300054140</span></p>