| （School of Physical Education，Liaoning Normal University，Dalian 116029，China） Abstract: From such a new perspective as performance art, the authors expatiated on the nature, expression dimen-sion and existence dimension of the performance art of basketball. Basketball is a special activity and artistic be-havior, and the performance and artistic existence forms presented by basketball in the process of development re-veal the nature of its performance art; the express of basketball performance art is a physical expression, and body language and body presentation are respectively the basic manner and basic way of its expression; the existence of basketball performance art is a social existence, and social experience and social culture are respectively the basic condition and basic form of its existence.
Key words: sport culture；basketball；performing art；competitive sports |
