diff --git a/packages/arcs/src/ArcShape.tsx b/packages/arcs/src/ArcShape.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f08f0e02ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/arcs/src/ArcShape.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import React, { useCallback } from 'react'
+import { SpringValue, Interpolation, animated } from 'react-spring'
+import { DatumWithArcAndColor } from './types'
+
+export type ArcMouseHandler<Datum extends DatumWithArcAndColor> = (
+    datum: Datum,
+    event: React.MouseEvent<SVGPathElement>
+) => void
+
+export interface ArcShapeProps<Datum extends DatumWithArcAndColor> {
+    data: Datum
+    style: {
+        opacity: SpringValue<number>
+        color: SpringValue<string>
+        borderWidth: number
+        borderColor: SpringValue<string>
+        path: Interpolation<string>
+    }
+    onClick?: ArcMouseHandler<Datum>
+    onMouseEnter?: ArcMouseHandler<Datum>
+    onMouseMove?: ArcMouseHandler<Datum>
+    onMouseLeave?: ArcMouseHandler<Datum>
+}
+
+/**
+ * A simple arc component to be used typically with an `ArcsLayer`.
+ *
+ * Please note that the component accepts `SpringValue`s instead of
+ * regular values to support animations.
+ */
+export const ArcShape = <Datum extends DatumWithArcAndColor>({
+    data,
+    style,
+    onClick,
+    onMouseEnter,
+    onMouseMove,
+    onMouseLeave,
+}: ArcShapeProps<Datum>) => {
+    const handleClick = useCallback(event => onClick?.(data, event), [onClick, data])
+
+    const handleMouseEnter = useCallback(event => onMouseEnter?.(data, event), [onMouseEnter, data])
+
+    const handleMouseMove = useCallback(event => onMouseMove?.(data, event), [onMouseMove, data])
+
+    const handleMouseLeave = useCallback(event => onMouseLeave?.(data, event), [onMouseLeave, data])
+
+    return (
+        <animated.path
+            d={style.path}
+            opacity={style.opacity}
+            // fill={datum.fill || color}
+            fill={style.color}
+            stroke={style.borderColor}
+            onClick={onClick ? handleClick : undefined}
+            onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter ? handleMouseEnter : undefined}
+            onMouseMove={onMouseMove ? handleMouseMove : undefined}
+            onMouseLeave={onMouseLeave ? handleMouseLeave : undefined}
+        />
+    )
+}
diff --git a/packages/arcs/src/ArcsLayer.tsx b/packages/arcs/src/ArcsLayer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee9765f231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/arcs/src/ArcsLayer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import React, { createElement } from 'react'
+import { useTheme } from '@nivo/core'
+import { InheritedColorConfig, useInheritedColor } from '@nivo/colors'
+import { DatumWithArcAndColor, ArcGenerator } from './types'
+import { useArcsTransition } from './useArcsTransition'
+import { ArcTransitionMode } from './arcTransitionMode'
+import { ArcMouseHandler, ArcShape, ArcShapeProps } from './ArcShape'
+
+type ArcComponent<Datum extends DatumWithArcAndColor> = (props: ArcShapeProps<Datum>) => JSX.Element
+
+interface ArcsLayerProps<Datum extends DatumWithArcAndColor> {
+    center: [number, number]
+    data: Datum[]
+    arcGenerator: ArcGenerator
+    borderWidth: number
+    borderColor: InheritedColorConfig<Datum>
+    onClick?: ArcMouseHandler<Datum>
+    onMouseEnter?: ArcMouseHandler<Datum>
+    onMouseMove?: ArcMouseHandler<Datum>
+    onMouseLeave?: ArcMouseHandler<Datum>
+    transitionMode: ArcTransitionMode
+    component?: ArcComponent<Datum>
+}
+
+export const ArcsLayer = <Datum extends DatumWithArcAndColor>({
+    center,
+    data,
+    arcGenerator,
+    borderWidth,
+    borderColor,
+    onClick,
+    onMouseEnter,
+    onMouseMove,
+    onMouseLeave,
+    transitionMode,
+    component = ArcShape,
+}: ArcsLayerProps<Datum>) => {
+    const theme = useTheme()
+    const getBorderColor = useInheritedColor<Datum>(borderColor, theme)
+
+    const { transition, interpolate } = useArcsTransition<
+        Datum,
+        {
+            opacity: number
+            color: string
+            borderColor: string
+        }
+    >(data, transitionMode, {
+        enter: datum => ({
+            opacity: 0,
+            color: datum.color,
+            borderColor: getBorderColor(datum),
+        }),
+        update: datum => ({
+            opacity: 1,
+            color: datum.color,
+            borderColor: getBorderColor(datum),
+        }),
+        leave: datum => ({
+            opacity: 0,
+            color: datum.color,
+            borderColor: getBorderColor(datum),
+        }),
+    })
+
+    const Arc: ArcComponent<Datum> = component
+
+    return (
+        <g transform={`translate(${center[0]},${center[1]})`}>
+            {transition((transitionProps, datum) => {
+                return createElement(Arc, {
+                    key: datum.id,
+                    data: datum,
+                    style: {
+                        ...transitionProps,
+                        borderWidth,
+                        path: interpolate(
+                            transitionProps.startAngle,
+                            transitionProps.endAngle,
+                            transitionProps.innerRadius,
+                            transitionProps.outerRadius,
+                            arcGenerator
+                        ),
+                    },
+                    onClick,
+                    onMouseEnter,
+                    onMouseMove,
+                    onMouseLeave,
+                })
+            })}
+        </g>
+    )
+}
diff --git a/packages/arcs/src/index.ts b/packages/arcs/src/index.ts
index 770222420b..a6116b38a8 100644
--- a/packages/arcs/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/arcs/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+export * from './ArcShape'
+export * from './ArcsLayer'
 export * from './arcTransitionMode'
 export * from './boundingBox'
 export * from './canvas'
diff --git a/packages/pie/src/Slice.tsx b/packages/pie/src/Slice.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 550f01cb74..0000000000
--- a/packages/pie/src/Slice.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-import React, { createElement, useCallback } from 'react'
-import { animated, Interpolation, SpringValue } from 'react-spring'
-import { useTooltip } from '@nivo/tooltip'
-import { ComputedDatum, CompletePieSvgProps } from './types'
-
-interface SliceProps<RawDatum> {
-    datum: ComputedDatum<RawDatum>
-    path: string | Interpolation<string>
-    color: string | SpringValue<string>
-    opacity: number | SpringValue<number>
-    borderWidth: number
-    borderColor: string
-    isInteractive: boolean
-    tooltip: CompletePieSvgProps<RawDatum>['tooltip']
-    onClick: CompletePieSvgProps<RawDatum>['onClick']
-    onMouseEnter: CompletePieSvgProps<RawDatum>['onMouseEnter']
-    onMouseMove: CompletePieSvgProps<RawDatum>['onMouseMove']
-    onMouseLeave: CompletePieSvgProps<RawDatum>['onMouseLeave']
-    setActiveId: (id: null | string | number) => void
-}
-
-export const Slice = <RawDatum,>({
-    datum,
-    path,
-    color,
-    opacity,
-    borderWidth,
-    borderColor,
-    isInteractive,
-    onClick,
-    onMouseEnter,
-    onMouseMove,
-    onMouseLeave,
-    tooltip,
-    setActiveId,
-}: SliceProps<RawDatum>) => {
-    const { showTooltipFromEvent, hideTooltip } = useTooltip()
-
-    const handleTooltip = useCallback(
-        event => showTooltipFromEvent(createElement(tooltip, { datum }), event),
-        [showTooltipFromEvent, datum, tooltip]
-    )
-
-    const handleMouseEnter = useCallback(
-        event => {
-            onMouseEnter?.(datum, event)
-            setActiveId(datum.id)
-            handleTooltip(event)
-        },
-        [onMouseEnter, setActiveId, handleTooltip, datum]
-    )
-
-    const handleMouseMove = useCallback(
-        event => {
-            onMouseMove?.(datum, event)
-            handleTooltip(event)
-        },
-        [onMouseMove, handleTooltip, datum]
-    )
-
-    const handleMouseLeave = useCallback(
-        event => {
-            onMouseLeave?.(datum, event)
-            setActiveId(null)
-            hideTooltip()
-        },
-        [onMouseLeave, hideTooltip, datum]
-    )
-
-    const handleClick = useCallback(
-        event => {
-            onClick?.(datum, event)
-        },
-        [onClick, datum]
-    )
-
-    return (
-        <animated.path
-            d={path}
-            fill={datum.fill || color}
-            opacity={opacity}
-            strokeWidth={borderWidth}
-            stroke={borderColor}
-            onMouseEnter={isInteractive ? handleMouseEnter : undefined}
-            onMouseMove={isInteractive ? handleMouseMove : undefined}
-            onMouseLeave={isInteractive ? handleMouseLeave : undefined}
-            onClick={isInteractive ? handleClick : undefined}
-        />
-    )
-}
diff --git a/packages/pie/src/Slices.tsx b/packages/pie/src/Slices.tsx
index 49724c14ff..d77406ccf2 100644
--- a/packages/pie/src/Slices.tsx
+++ b/packages/pie/src/Slices.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-import React from 'react'
-import { Interpolation } from 'react-spring'
-import { useTheme } from '@nivo/core'
-import { useInheritedColor } from '@nivo/colors'
-import { ArcGenerator, useArcsTransition } from '@nivo/arcs'
+import React, { createElement, useMemo } from 'react'
+import { ArcGenerator, ArcsLayer } from '@nivo/arcs'
+import { useTooltip } from '@nivo/tooltip'
 import { ComputedDatum, CompletePieSvgProps } from './types'
-import { Slice } from './Slice'
 
 interface SlicesProps<RawDatum> {
     center: [number, number]
@@ -37,49 +34,57 @@ export const Slices = <RawDatum,>({
     tooltip,
     transitionMode,
 }: SlicesProps<RawDatum>) => {
-    const theme = useTheme()
-    const getBorderColor = useInheritedColor<ComputedDatum<RawDatum>>(borderColor, theme)
-    const { transition, interpolate } = useArcsTransition<
-        ComputedDatum<RawDatum>,
-        {
-            color: string
+    const { showTooltipFromEvent, hideTooltip } = useTooltip()
+
+    const handleClick = useMemo(() => {
+        if (!isInteractive) return undefined
+
+        return (datum: ComputedDatum<RawDatum>, event: any) => {
+            onClick?.(datum, event)
+        }
+    }, [isInteractive, onClick])
+
+    const handleMouseEnter = useMemo(() => {
+        if (!isInteractive) return undefined
+
+        return (datum: ComputedDatum<RawDatum>, event: any) => {
+            showTooltipFromEvent(createElement(tooltip, { datum }), event)
+            setActiveId(datum.id)
+            onMouseEnter?.(datum, event)
+        }
+    }, [isInteractive, showTooltipFromEvent, setActiveId, onMouseEnter])
+
+    const handleMouseMove = useMemo(() => {
+        if (!isInteractive) return undefined
+
+        return (datum: ComputedDatum<RawDatum>, event: any) => {
+            showTooltipFromEvent(createElement(tooltip, { datum }), event)
+            onMouseMove?.(datum, event)
+        }
+    }, [isInteractive, showTooltipFromEvent, onMouseMove])
+
+    const handleMouseLeave = useMemo(() => {
+        if (!isInteractive) return undefined
+
+        return (datum: ComputedDatum<RawDatum>, event: any) => {
+            hideTooltip()
+            setActiveId(null)
+            onMouseLeave?.(datum, event)
         }
-    >(data, transitionMode, {
-        enter: datum => ({ color: datum.color }),
-        update: datum => ({ color: datum.color }),
-        leave: datum => ({ color: datum.color }),
-    })
+    }, [isInteractive, hideTooltip, setActiveId, onMouseLeave])
 
     return (
-        <g transform={`translate(${center[0]},${center[1]})`}>
-            {transition((transitionProps, datum) => {
-                return (
-                    <Slice<RawDatum>
-                        key={datum.id}
-                        datum={datum}
-                        path={
-                            interpolate(
-                                transitionProps.startAngle,
-                                transitionProps.endAngle,
-                                transitionProps.innerRadius,
-                                transitionProps.outerRadius,
-                                arcGenerator
-                            ) as Interpolation<string>
-                        }
-                        color={transitionProps.color}
-                        opacity={transitionProps.progress}
-                        borderWidth={borderWidth}
-                        borderColor={getBorderColor(datum)}
-                        isInteractive={isInteractive}
-                        onClick={onClick}
-                        onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter}
-                        onMouseMove={onMouseMove}
-                        onMouseLeave={onMouseLeave}
-                        setActiveId={setActiveId}
-                        tooltip={tooltip}
-                    />
-                )
-            })}
-        </g>
+        <ArcsLayer<ComputedDatum<RawDatum>>
+            center={center}
+            data={data}
+            arcGenerator={arcGenerator}
+            borderWidth={borderWidth}
+            borderColor={borderColor}
+            transitionMode={transitionMode}
+            onClick={handleClick}
+            onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter}
+            onMouseMove={handleMouseMove}
+            onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}
+        />
     )
 }