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performance art

noun

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.

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Nearby words

perforce, perforin, perform, performance, performance appraisal, performance art, performance bond, performance indicator, performance test, performance-enhancing, performative

Origin of performance art

First recorded in 1970–75
Related formsperformance artist, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for performance art

performance art

noun

a theatrical presentation that incorporates various art forms, such as dance, sculpture, music, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012