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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Even if students don’t want to pursue performance art, the training gets them ready for real life scenarios, such as public speaking.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Yet this lack of familiarity enabled him to craft a new way of interacting with the world, one that turned diplomacy into performance art for the masses.
—Rohan Mukherjee, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2024
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Yet this lack of familiarity enabled him to craft a new way of interacting with the world, one that turned diplomacy into performance art for the masses.
—Rohan Mukherjee, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Performance art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/performance%20art. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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