Original: The performing arts are those forms of art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist 's own body , face , and presence as a medium , and the latter uses materials such as clay , metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object .
Simplified: Dance is also used to describe methods of non-verbal communication ( see body language ) between humans or animals ( bee dance , mating dance ) , motion in inanimate objects ( the leaves danced in the wind ) , and certain music genres .