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Present arts or entertainment performances

Work activity · O*NET

Present arts or entertainment performances is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Performing for or Working Directly with the Public. 13 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Perform music for the public
  • Collaborate with others to prepare or perform artistic productions
  • Entertain public with comedic or dramatic performances
  • Perform dances
  • Audition for roles
  • Perform for recordings

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 78.2% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 34.1% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 68.9% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 71st pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Musicians and Singers 15
Actors 12
Dancers 6
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 2
Music Directors and Composers 2
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys 1
Film and Video Editors 1
Media Technical Directors/Managers 1
Music Therapists 1
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers 1
Producers and Directors 1
Talent Directors 1
Writers and Authors 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 10 occupations in occupations that perform Present arts or entertainment performances.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Music Therapists Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators Music Directors and Composers Producers and Directors Film and Video Editors Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Present arts or entertainment performances., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Present arts or entertainment performances." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/present-arts-or-entertainment-performances

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Present arts or entertainment performances. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/present-arts-or-entertainment-performances

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-present-arts-or-entertainment-performances,
  title  = {Present arts or entertainment performances},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/present-arts-or-entertainment-performances}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.