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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The administration has also closed the Social Security Administration’s civil rights office and, among many other things, named the president chair of the Kennedy Center, a performance arts venue in Washington.
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Shannon Bow O'Brien, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
Similar to the tumbling sequences of gymnastics, tricking is a kind of performance art that involves an innovative series of flipping maneuvers.
—Lynn Hill, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2025
Morgan insists that buzzwords feel like corporate cosplay—a performance art in which people wear costumes and accessories to represent a specific character from various sources—to Gen Z and creates unnecessary barriers, especially in multicultural teams.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
The terrorist group has dragooned its hostages, Jewish and not, into perverse performance art.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Shannon Bow O'Brien, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
Similar to the tumbling sequences of gymnastics, tricking is a kind of performance art that involves an innovative series of flipping maneuvers.
—Lynn Hill, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2025
Morgan insists that buzzwords feel like corporate cosplay—a performance art in which people wear costumes and accessories to represent a specific character from various sources—to Gen Z and creates unnecessary barriers, especially in multicultural teams.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
The terrorist group has dragooned its hostages, Jewish and not, into perverse performance art.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Performance art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/performance%20art. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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