performance art
noun
: a nontraditional art form often with political or topical themes that typically features a live presentation to an audience or onlookers (as on a street) and draws on such arts as acting, poetry, music, dance, or painting
performance artist
noun
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During the segment, dozens of dancers took the stage for a performance art piece, embracing and twirling around each other.
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2024
Kato’s interest in performance arts led him toward puppetry.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Herbie Hancock, a pop-bop legend of many innovations, brings his piano flair to Lincoln Center (March 26), and Jasper Marsalis, under the name Slauson Malone 1, explores intersections of pop music and performance art at the Park Avenue Armory (March 27-28).
—The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
Filled with shocking footage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, coupled with first-person recollections of atrocities, Ferrara’s unconventional film heavily features poetic performance art by Smith throughout its runtime.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
The battered panel — painting as performance art — takes a cue from Shōzō Shimamoto, Saburō Murakami and other Gutai aesthetics of 1950s Japan, which emerged from the apocalyptic ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Your work has elements of concert, cabaret, performance art, musical theater, opera, comedy, theater and more.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
The Trunk Space: A meeting place for the culturally curious and a space for art, music, experimental theater, performance art, circus side shows, vaudeville and more.
—The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
Kari, a multimedia artist based in Los Angeles who has over half a million followers on Instagram, has dedicated their career to creating visual and physical performance art, textile, and sculptural work.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2024
Kato’s interest in performance arts led him toward puppetry.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Herbie Hancock, a pop-bop legend of many innovations, brings his piano flair to Lincoln Center (March 26), and Jasper Marsalis, under the name Slauson Malone 1, explores intersections of pop music and performance art at the Park Avenue Armory (March 27-28).
—The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
Filled with shocking footage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, coupled with first-person recollections of atrocities, Ferrara’s unconventional film heavily features poetic performance art by Smith throughout its runtime.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
The battered panel — painting as performance art — takes a cue from Shōzō Shimamoto, Saburō Murakami and other Gutai aesthetics of 1950s Japan, which emerged from the apocalyptic ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Your work has elements of concert, cabaret, performance art, musical theater, opera, comedy, theater and more.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
The Trunk Space: A meeting place for the culturally curious and a space for art, music, experimental theater, performance art, circus side shows, vaudeville and more.
—The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
Kari, a multimedia artist based in Los Angeles who has over half a million followers on Instagram, has dedicated their career to creating visual and physical performance art, textile, and sculptural work.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Performance art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/performance%20art. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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