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

Other Word Forms

• performance artist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of performance art¹

First recorded in 1970–75