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The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader combines extracts from over 70 international practitioners, companies, collectives and makers from the fields of Dance, Theatre, Music, Live and Performance Art, and Activism to form an essential sourcebook for students, researchers and practitioners.

This is the follow-on text from The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader, which has been the key introductory text to all kinds of performance for over 20 years since it was first published in 1996. Contributions from new and emerging practitioners are placed alongside those of long-established individual artists and companies, representing the work of this century's leading practitioners through the voices of over 140 individuals. The contributors in this volume reflect the diverse and eclectic culture of practices that now make up the expanded field of performance, and their stories, reflections and working processes collectively offer a snapshot of contemporar

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

In Dialogue...

Introduction

  2. Action Hero

  3. WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? GEMMA AND JAMES AND ACTION HERO

  4. Mohammad Aghebati

  5. INTERVIEW

  6. Patricia Ariza
    INTERVIEW

  8. Back to Back Theatre

  9. ON MAKING THEATRE

  10. Brett Bailey

  11. INTERVIEW

  12. Dalia Basiouny

  13. PERFORMANCE THROUGH THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION: STORIES FROM TAHRIR

  14. Jérôme Bel

  15. INTERVIEW

  16. Blast Theory

  17. ULRIKE AND EAMON COMPLIANT: ARTISTS’ STATEMENT

  18. Tammy Brennan

  19. CONFINED: STAGING/IMAGE MOMENTS

  20. Tania Bruguera

  21. INTERVIEW

  22. Builders Association

  23. MARIANNE WEEMS IN CONVERSATION WITH ELEANOR BISHOP

  24. Liu Chengrui

  25. A SELECTION OF ACTIONS

  26. Padmini Chettur
    SOME THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE

  28. Constantin Chiriac

  29. INTERVIEW

  30. David Chisholm

  31. THE MEMORY OF REMEMBERING: EXOMOLOGESIS AND EXAGOREUSIS IN THE EXPERIMENT

  32. Clod Ensemble

  33. CLOD ENSEMBLE: PERFORMING MEDICINE

  34. María José Contreras

  35. THE BODY OF MEMORY: MARIA JOSE CONTRERAS’ PERFORMANCE PRACTICES IN THE CHILEAN TRANSITION

  36. Augusto Corriere

  37. A CONJURING ACT IN THE FORM OF AN INTERVIEW

  38. Tim Crouch

  39. INTERVIEW

  40. Dah Theatre

  41. SOME THOUGHTS ON THE QUALITY OF ATTENTION

  42. Tess de Quincey

  43. A FUTURE BODY

  44. Derevo

  45. ENDLESS DEATH SHOW

  46. Dood Paard

  47. ABOUT US

  48. Every House Has A Door

  49. FROM ONE MEANING TO ANOTHER

  50. Eleonora Fabião

  51. THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE SERIES

  52. Oliver Frljić

  53. INTERVIEW

  54. Gecko

  55. AN ORGANIC JOURNEY

  56. GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN

  57. MAKING THINGS WORSE

  58. Gibson/Martelli

  59. THE FIFTH WALL

  60. Gob Squad

  61. ON PARTICIPATION

  62. Heiner Goebbels
    AESTHETIC OF ABSENCE: HOW IT ALL BEGAN

  64. Chris Goode

  65. THE CAT TEST

  66. Shirotama Hitsujiya

  67. INTERVIEW

  68. Hotel Pro Forma

  69. PERFORMANCE AS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE WORLD

  70. Wendy Houstoun

  71. SOME BODY AND NO BODY: THE BODY OF A PERFORMER

  72. Imitating The Dog

  73. THEATRICALISING CINEMA/SCREENING THEATRE

  74. Hiwa K
    INTERVIEW

  76. La Fura dels Baus

  77. INTERVIEW

  78. Lone Twin

  79. INTERVIEW

  80. Silvia Mercuriali

  81. INTERVIEW

  82. Monster Truck

  83. BUT THE WHORES ALWAYS LOVED ME

  84. Needcompany
    INTERVIEW

  86. New Art Club

  87. HOW WE SET OUT TO MAKE A PIECE ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL WORKS OF ART AND ENDED UP GETTING NAKED AND TALKING ABOUT HOW WE FEEL ABOUT OUR BODIES

  88. Kira O’Reilly

  89. THE ART OF KIRA O’REILLY

  90. Oblivia

  91. TIME STOPPER

  92. Toshiki Okada

  93. INTERVIEW

  94. Ontroerend Goed

  95. PERSONAL TRILOGY: THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE, INTERNAL & GAME OF YOU

  96. Mike Pearson

  97. BUBBLING TOM

  98. Michael Pinchbeck

  99. THIS IS A LOVE LETTER

  100. Punchdrunk

  101. INTERVIEW

  102. Silviu Purcārete

  103. WHERE ARE YOUR TRAINING GROUNDS?

  104. Quarantine

  105. A SHOW OF HANDS

  106. Reckless Sleepers

  107. "MIDDLES" & "PHYSICS"

  108. Ridiculusmus

  109. A CHAT ABOUT COMEDY

  110. Rimini Protokoll

  111. INTERVIEW

  112. Farah Saleh

  113. INTERVIEW

  114. Peter Sellars
    INTERVIEW

  116. Shunt

  117. A PERFORMANCE COLLECTIVE

  118. Agata Siniarska

  119. DO IT TO ME LIKE IN A REAL MOVIE: LECTURE PERFORMANCE

  120. Deepan Sivaraman

  121. INTERVIEW

  122. Sleepwalk Collective

  123. LOST IN THE FUNHOUSE, OR ALL YOU NEED TO MAKE A SHOW IS A GIRL AND A MICROPHONE

  124. Andy Smith

  125. THIS IS IT: NOTES ON A DEMATERIALISED THEATRE

  126. Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio

  127. THE THEATRE IS NOT OUR HOME: A CONVERSATION ABOUT SPACE, STAGE AND AUDIENCE

  128. Junnosuke Tada
    INTERVIEW

  130. Third Angel
    TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS

  132. Ultima Vez
    INTERVIEW

  134. Unlimited
    AM I DEAD YET?

  136. Sankar Venkateswaran
    THEATRE OF THE MIND

  138. Dries Verhoeven
    INTERVIEW

  140. Vincent Dance Theatre
    THE ART OF NOT LOOKING BACK / MOTHERLAND

  142. Aaron Williamson
    DEMONSTRATING THE WORLD – A PUBLIC INTERVENTION PERFORMANCE

  144. Xing Xin
    INTERVIEW

  146. Andriy Zholdak
    THEORY / LECTURES OF ANDRIY ZHOLDAK

Index

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 1/26/2019 12:07:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781138785342, 978-1138785342
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader combines extracts from over 70 international practitioners, companies, collectives and makers from the fields of Dance, Theatre, Music, Live and Performance Art, and Activism to form an essential sourcebook for students, researchers and practitioners.

      This is the follow-on text from The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader, which has been the key introductory text to all kinds of performance for over 20 years since it was first published in 1996. Contributions from new and emerging practitioners are placed alongside those of long-established individual artists and companies, representing the work of this century's leading practitioners through the voices of over 140 individuals. The contributors in this volume reflect the diverse and eclectic culture of practices that now make up the expanded field of performance, and their stories, reflections and working processes collectively offer a snapshot of contemporar

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements

      In Dialogue...

      Introduction

      2. Action Hero

      3. WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? GEMMA AND JAMES AND ACTION HERO

      4. Mohammad Aghebati

      5. INTERVIEW

      6. Patricia Ariza
        INTERVIEW

      8. Back to Back Theatre

      9. ON MAKING THEATRE

      10. Brett Bailey

      11. INTERVIEW

      12. Dalia Basiouny

      13. PERFORMANCE THROUGH THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION: STORIES FROM TAHRIR

      14. Jérôme Bel

      15. INTERVIEW

      16. Blast Theory

      17. ULRIKE AND EAMON COMPLIANT: ARTISTS’ STATEMENT

      18. Tammy Brennan

      19. CONFINED: STAGING/IMAGE MOMENTS

      20. Tania Bruguera

      21. INTERVIEW

      22. Builders Association

      23. MARIANNE WEEMS IN CONVERSATION WITH ELEANOR BISHOP

      24. Liu Chengrui

      25. A SELECTION OF ACTIONS

      26. Padmini Chettur
        SOME THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE

      28. Constantin Chiriac

      29. INTERVIEW

      30. David Chisholm

      31. THE MEMORY OF REMEMBERING: EXOMOLOGESIS AND EXAGOREUSIS IN THE EXPERIMENT

      32. Clod Ensemble

      33. CLOD ENSEMBLE: PERFORMING MEDICINE

      34. María José Contreras

      35. THE BODY OF MEMORY: MARIA JOSE CONTRERAS’ PERFORMANCE PRACTICES IN THE CHILEAN TRANSITION

      36. Augusto Corriere

      37. A CONJURING ACT IN THE FORM OF AN INTERVIEW

      38. Tim Crouch

      39. INTERVIEW

      40. Dah Theatre

      41. SOME THOUGHTS ON THE QUALITY OF ATTENTION

      42. Tess de Quincey

      43. A FUTURE BODY

      44. Derevo

      45. ENDLESS DEATH SHOW

      46. Dood Paard

      47. ABOUT US

      48. Every House Has A Door

      49. FROM ONE MEANING TO ANOTHER

      50. Eleonora Fabião

      51. THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE SERIES

      52. Oliver Frljić

      53. INTERVIEW

      54. Gecko

      55. AN ORGANIC JOURNEY

      56. GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN

      57. MAKING THINGS WORSE

      58. Gibson/Martelli

      59. THE FIFTH WALL

      60. Gob Squad

      61. ON PARTICIPATION

      62. Heiner Goebbels
        AESTHETIC OF ABSENCE: HOW IT ALL BEGAN

      64. Chris Goode

      65. THE CAT TEST

      66. Shirotama Hitsujiya

      67. INTERVIEW

      68. Hotel Pro Forma

      69. PERFORMANCE AS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE WORLD

      70. Wendy Houstoun

      71. SOME BODY AND NO BODY: THE BODY OF A PERFORMER

      72. Imitating The Dog

      73. THEATRICALISING CINEMA/SCREENING THEATRE

      74. Hiwa K
        INTERVIEW

      76. La Fura dels Baus

      77. INTERVIEW

      78. Lone Twin

      79. INTERVIEW

      80. Silvia Mercuriali

      81. INTERVIEW

      82. Monster Truck

      83. BUT THE WHORES ALWAYS LOVED ME

      84. Needcompany
        INTERVIEW

      86. New Art Club

      87. HOW WE SET OUT TO MAKE A PIECE ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL WORKS OF ART AND ENDED UP GETTING NAKED AND TALKING ABOUT HOW WE FEEL ABOUT OUR BODIES

      88. Kira O’Reilly

      89. THE ART OF KIRA O’REILLY

      90. Oblivia

      91. TIME STOPPER

      92. Toshiki Okada

      93. INTERVIEW

      94. Ontroerend Goed

      95. PERSONAL TRILOGY: THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE, INTERNAL & GAME OF YOU

      96. Mike Pearson

      97. BUBBLING TOM

      98. Michael Pinchbeck

      99. THIS IS A LOVE LETTER

      100. Punchdrunk

      101. INTERVIEW

      102. Silviu Purcārete

      103. WHERE ARE YOUR TRAINING GROUNDS?

      104. Quarantine

      105. A SHOW OF HANDS

      106. Reckless Sleepers

      107. "MIDDLES" & "PHYSICS"

      108. Ridiculusmus

      109. A CHAT ABOUT COMEDY

      110. Rimini Protokoll

      111. INTERVIEW

      112. Farah Saleh

      113. INTERVIEW

      114. Peter Sellars
        INTERVIEW

      116. Shunt

      117. A PERFORMANCE COLLECTIVE

      118. Agata Siniarska

      119. DO IT TO ME LIKE IN A REAL MOVIE: LECTURE PERFORMANCE

      120. Deepan Sivaraman

      121. INTERVIEW

      122. Sleepwalk Collective

      123. LOST IN THE FUNHOUSE, OR ALL YOU NEED TO MAKE A SHOW IS A GIRL AND A MICROPHONE

      124. Andy Smith

      125. THIS IS IT: NOTES ON A DEMATERIALISED THEATRE

      126. Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio

      127. THE THEATRE IS NOT OUR HOME: A CONVERSATION ABOUT SPACE, STAGE AND AUDIENCE

      128. Junnosuke Tada
        INTERVIEW

      130. Third Angel
        TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS

      132. Ultima Vez
        INTERVIEW

      134. Unlimited
        AM I DEAD YET?

      136. Sankar Venkateswaran
        THEATRE OF THE MIND

      138. Dries Verhoeven
        INTERVIEW

      140. Vincent Dance Theatre
        THE ART OF NOT LOOKING BACK / MOTHERLAND

      142. Aaron Williamson
        DEMONSTRATING THE WORLD – A PUBLIC INTERVENTION PERFORMANCE

      144. Xing Xin
        INTERVIEW

      146. Andriy Zholdak
        THEORY / LECTURES OF ANDRIY ZHOLDAK

      Index

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