Response to "Art as Performative Act"

The author describes art in three ways, which it can be shown as a play, a symbol and a festival. A play suggests the movement or the performance itself. The art is presented through actions. The subject or the main focus in this case is the actor. He/she illustrated the piece, which is also defined as "self-presentation". The second way is the symbol. It is the object that is used through a performance, or plays the function of recognition during the performance. The third one is the festival. The festival brings all the performance elements together and all participation represents different artforms. 

This is one of my favorite performing pieces from MoMA. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker created the piece. The sand and the platform are the symbols in the performance. The dancer, herself, is the play. We can understand as a way that she is playing with the sand. I feel the piece tide to the reading that the author is trying to explain.