Comprehensive history of Performance Art from 1909 through the 1970s. Text by RoseLee Goldberg. Includes essays "Futurist Performance : 'The Untamables'," "Russian Performance : 'Art is Free : Life is Paralysed'," "Dada Performance : 'The Idea of Art and the Idea of Life'," "Surrealist Performance : The Construction of Ruins," "Bauhaus Performance : 'Art and Technology : A New Unity'," "American and European Performance from c. 1933 : The Live Art," "Seventies' Performance : 'To be with Art is All we Ask'." Artists include John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Merce Cunningham, Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, Piero Manzoni, Yves Klein and Gilbert & George. Includes selected bibliography.