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performance art

noun

  1. a collaborative art form originating in the 1970s as a fusion of several artistic media, as painting, film, video, music, drama, and dance, and deriving in part from the 1960s performance happenings.


performance art

noun

  1. a theatrical presentation that incorporates various art forms, such as dance, sculpture, music, etc
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • perforī€ƒmance artī€…ist noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of performance art1

First recorded in 1970ā€“75
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Example Sentences

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Trumpā€™s specialty isnā€™t policy; itā€™s performance art.

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There were performance art elements from other vendors.

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Was it performance art, or an act of resistance, or an ingenious stunt?

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With their guerilla approach to performance art, Asco founders Harry Gamboa Jr., Glugio ā€œGronkā€ Nicandro, Willie HerrĆ³n and Patssi Valdez built a legacy around expanding the possibilities for Chicanos in the art world.

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ā€œSizwe Bansi Is Deadā€ and ā€œThe Islandā€ have the propulsive energy of performance art, registering their shocks to the audience through compression and raw theatricality.

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