The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader

Teresa Brayshaw is Principal Lecturer in Performing Arts at Leeds Beckett University and works freelance as a Feldenkrais teacher, theatre practitioner and personal development coach in a range of international contexts. She co-edited the third edition of The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader. Anna Fenemore is Associate Professor in Contemporary Theatre and Performance in the School of Performance and Cultural Industries at the University of Leeds. She is also Artistic Director of Manchester-based Pigeon Theatre. Noel Witts is Emeritus Professor of Performing Arts at Leeds Beckett University, and a Professorial Fellow at Liverpool Hope University. He is the author of Tadeusz Kantor in the Routledge Performance Practitioners series, and co-editor of all three editions of The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader.

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In Dialogue...

Introduction






Action Hero
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? GEMMA AND JAMES AND ACTION HERO




Mohammad Aghebati
INTERVIEW




Patricia Ariza
INTERVIEW



Back to Back Theatre
ON MAKING THEATRE




Brett Bailey
INTERVIEW




Dalia Basiouny
PERFORMANCE THROUGH THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION: STORIES FROM TAHRIR


Jérôme Bel


INTERVIEW




Blast Theory
ULRIKE AND EAMON COMPLIANT: ARTISTS’ STATEMENT




Tammy Brennan
CONFINED: STAGING/IMAGE MOMENTS




Tania Bruguera
INTERVIEW




Builders Association
MARIANNE WEEMS IN CONVERSATION WITH ELEANOR BISHOP




Liu Chengrui
A SELECTION OF ACTIONS




Padmini Chettur
SOME THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE



Constantin Chiriac
INTERVIEW




David Chisholm
THE MEMORY OF REMEMBERING: EXOMOLOGESIS AND EXAGOREUSIS IN THE EXPERIMENT




Clod Ensemble
CLOD ENSEMBLE: PERFORMING MEDICINE




María José Contreras


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




Augusto Corriere
A CONJURING ACT IN THE FORM OF AN INTERVIEW




Tim Crouch
INTERVIEW


Dah Theatre


SOME THOUGHTS ON THE QUALITY OF ATTENTION


Tess de Quincey


A FUTURE BODY




Derevo


ENDLESS DEATH SHOW




Dood Paard
ABOUT US




Every House Has A Door
FROM ONE MEANING TO ANOTHER




Eleonora Fabião
THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE SERIES




Oliver Frljić
INTERVIEW




Gecko
AN ORGANIC JOURNEY




GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN
MAKING THINGS WORSE




Gibson/Martelli
THE FIFTH WALL




Gob Squad
ON PARTICIPATION




Heiner Goebbels
AESTHETIC OF ABSENCE: HOW IT ALL BEGAN



Chris Goode
THE CAT TEST




Shirotama Hitsujiya
INTERVIEW




Hotel Pro Forma
PERFORMANCE AS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE WORLD




Wendy Houstoun
SOME BODY AND NO BODY: THE BODY OF A PERFORMER




Imitating The Dog
THEATRICALISING CINEMA/SCREENING THEATRE




Hiwa K
INTERVIEW



La Fura dels Baus
INTERVIEW




Lone Twin
INTERVIEW




Silvia Mercuriali
INTERVIEW




Monster Truck
BUT THE WHORES ALWAYS LOVED ME




Needcompany
INTERVIEW



New Art Club
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




Kira O’Reilly
THE ART OF KIRA O’REILLY




Oblivia
TIME STOPPER




Toshiki Okada


INTERVIEW




Ontroerend Goed
PERSONAL TRILOGY: THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE, INTERNAL & GAME OF YOU




Mike Pearson
BUBBLING TOM




Michael Pinchbeck
THIS IS A LOVE LETTER




Punchdrunk
INTERVIEW




Silviu Purcārete
WHERE ARE YOUR TRAINING GROUNDS?




Quarantine
A SHOW OF HANDS




Reckless Sleepers
"MIDDLES" & "PHYSICS"




Ridiculusmus
A CHAT ABOUT COMEDY




Rimini Protokoll
INTERVIEW




Farah Saleh
INTERVIEW




Peter Sellars
INTERVIEW



Shunt
A PERFORMANCE COLLECTIVE


Agata Siniarska
DO IT TO ME LIKE IN A REAL MOVIE: LECTURE PERFORMANCE




Deepan Sivaraman
INTERVIEW




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




Andy Smith
THIS IS IT: NOTES ON A DEMATERIALISED THEATRE




Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio


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




Junnosuke Tada
INTERVIEW




Third Angel
TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS




Ultima Vez
INTERVIEW




Unlimited
AM I DEAD YET?



Sankar Venkateswaran
THEATRE OF THE MIND




Dries Verhoeven
INTERVIEW




Vincent Dance Theatre
THE ART OF NOT LOOKING BACK / MOTHERLAND




Aaron Williamson
DEMONSTRATING THE WORLD – A PUBLIC INTERVENTION PERFORMANCE




Xing Xin
INTERVIEW




Andriy Zholdak
THEORY / LECTURES OF ANDRIY ZHOLDAK

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