Acting, poetry, music, dance, and painting are just a few examples of the arts that are incorporated into performing arts, a time-based art form that frequently involves a live performance to an audience or to spectators (such as on the street).

Performing arts may include dance, music, opera, theatre and musical theatre, magic, illusion, mime, spoken word, puppetry, circus arts, stand up comedy, improv, professional wrestling and performance art. There is also a specialized form of fine art, in which the artists perform their work live to an audience.