Meaning Of The Word Performance art

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performance art
uncountable noun: Performance art is a theatrical presentation that includes various art forms such as dance, music, painting, and sculpture.

performance art in American English
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
an art form combining elements of other art forms, as painting, film, dance, and drama, in a presentation in which the artist juxtaposes images on various themes and provides a usually non-narrative commentary on them

performance art in British English
noun: a theatrical presentation that incorporates various art forms, such as dance, sculpture, music, etc

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