Performance art

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Performance art.

Video playlists about Performance art

Talks for theater geeks

9 talks • 2h 36m
A collection of our most inspired talks and performances highlighting the passion, importance and brilliance of theater.

How art shapes conversation

13 talks • 1h 52m
Powerful art makes people talk. These TED Talks bring context and nuanced perspectives to subjects surrounding history, race, socioeconomics and more.

Talks about Performance art

4:53

Sarah Kay

"A Bird Made of Birds"

Posted Jun 2019
9:08

Mai Lan

"Autopilote" / "Pumper"

Posted Jan 2019
13:35

LADAMA

How music crosses cultures and empowers communities

Posted Jan 2019
12:47

Madame Gandhi and Amber Galloway-Gallego

Music with a message should be accessible

Posted Dec 2018
4:11

Paul Rucker

How my mom inspired my approach to the cello

Posted Nov 2018
11:26

A Tribe Called Red

"We Are the Halluci Nation"

Posted Oct 2018
9:13

Elizabeth Streb

My quest to defy gravity and fly

Posted Oct 2018
10:08

Camille A. Brown

"New Second Line"

Posted Oct 2018
6:23

Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes

"Chasms"

Posted Sep 2018
10:57

Elise LeGrow

"You Never Can Tell" / "Over the Mountain, Across the Sea"

Posted Sep 2018
4:36

Sunni Patterson

"Wild Women"

Posted Aug 2018
7:22

Yelle

"Interpassion" / "Ba$$in"

Posted Aug 2018
3:42

Boy Girl Banjo

"Dead Romance"

Posted Jul 2018
4:04

Lili Haydn

"The Last Serenade"

Posted Jul 2018
13:10

Oskar Eustis

Why theater is essential to democracy

Posted Jun 2018
7:32

Ibeyi

"Valé" / "River"

Posted May 2018
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