Claire Warden is is Professor of Performance and Physical Culture at Loughborough University. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary modernism, performance practices and the intersection of sport and art. She is the author of three monographs, including the British Academy-funded Migrating Modernist Performance: British Theatrical Travels through Russia. She is also the founder and academic lead of the Arts Council-funded Wrestling Resurgence project and a past chair of the British Association for Modernist Studies.

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• Acknowledgements; Manifesto for modernist performance; Introduction: Modern/modernism/modernist, (the) avant-garde and performance; 1: The conventions of modernist performance; 2: Performing modernisms: expressionism, dada, surrealism and futurism; 3: Politics and performance; 4: The modernist body; 5: Total theatre and interdisciplinarity; Conclusion; Glossaries; Suggestions for further reading; Bibliography; Index

Claire Warden is is Professor of Performance and Physical Culture at Loughborough University. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary modernism, performance practices and the intersection of sport and art. She is the author of three monographs, including the British Academy-funded Migrating Modernist Performance: British Theatrical Travels through Russia. She is also the founder and academic lead of the Arts Council-funded Wrestling Resurgence project and a past chair of the British Association for Modernist Studies.

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• Acknowledgements; Manifesto for modernist performance; Introduction: Modern/modernism/modernist, (the) avant-garde and performance; 1: The conventions of modernist performance; 2: Performing modernisms: expressionism, dada, surrealism and futurism; 3: Politics and performance; 4: The modernist body; 5: Total theatre and interdisciplinarity; Conclusion; Glossaries; Suggestions for further reading; Bibliography; Index