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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• AcknowledgementsIn Dialogue...Introduction Action HeroWHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? GEMMA AND JAMES AND ACTION HERO Mohammad AghebatiINTERVIEW Patricia ArizaINTERVIEW Back to Back TheatreON MAKING THEATRE Brett Bailey INTERVIEW Dalia BasiounyPERFORMANCE THROUGH THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION: STORIES FROM TAHRIR Jérôme Bel INTERVIEW Blast TheoryULRIKE AND EAMON COMPLIANT: ARTISTS’ STATEMENT Tammy BrennanCONFINED: STAGING/IMAGE MOMENTS Tania BrugueraINTERVIEW Builders AssociationMARIANNE WEEMS IN CONVERSATION WITH ELEANOR BISHOP Liu ChengruiA SELECTION OF ACTIONS Padmini ChetturSOME THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE Constantin ChiriacINTERVIEW David ChisholmTHE MEMORY OF REMEMBERING: EXOMOLOGESIS AND EXAGOREUSIS IN THE EXPERIMENT Clod EnsembleCLOD ENSEMBLE: PERFORMING MEDICINE María José Contreras THE BODY OF MEMORY: MARIA JOSE CONTRERAS’ PERFORMANCE PRACTICES IN THE CHILEAN TRANSITION Augusto CorriereA CONJURING ACT IN THE FORM OF AN INTERVIEW Tim CrouchINTERVIEW Dah Theatre SOME THOUGHTS ON THE QUALITY OF ATTENTION Tess de Quincey A FUTURE BODY Derevo ENDLESS DEATH SHOW Dood PaardABOUT US Every House Has A DoorFROM ONE MEANING TO ANOTHER Eleonora FabiãoTHINGS THAT MUST BE DONE SERIES Oliver Frljić INTERVIEW GeckoAN ORGANIC JOURNEY GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVANMAKING THINGS WORSE Gibson/MartelliTHE FIFTH WALL Gob SquadON PARTICIPATION Heiner Goebbels AESTHETIC OF ABSENCE: HOW IT ALL BEGAN Chris GoodeTHE CAT TEST Shirotama HitsujiyaINTERVIEW Hotel Pro FormaPERFORMANCE AS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE WORLD Wendy HoustounSOME BODY AND NO BODY: THE BODY OF A PERFORMER Imitating The DogTHEATRICALISING CINEMA/SCREENING THEATRE Hiwa KINTERVIEW La Fura dels BausINTERVIEW Lone TwinINTERVIEW Silvia MercurialiINTERVIEW Monster TruckBUT THE WHORES ALWAYS LOVED ME NeedcompanyINTERVIEW New Art ClubHOW 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’ReillyTHE ART OF KIRA O’REILLY ObliviaTIME STOPPER Toshiki Okada INTERVIEW Ontroerend GoedPERSONAL TRILOGY: THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE, INTERNAL & GAME OF YOU Mike PearsonBUBBLING TOM Michael PinchbeckTHIS IS A LOVE LETTER PunchdrunkINTERVIEW Silviu PurcāreteWHERE ARE YOUR TRAINING GROUNDS? QuarantineA SHOW OF HANDS Reckless Sleepers"MIDDLES" & "PHYSICS" Ridiculusmus A CHAT ABOUT COMEDY Rimini ProtokollINTERVIEW Farah SalehINTERVIEW Peter SellarsINTERVIEW ShuntA PERFORMANCE COLLECTIVE Agata Siniarska DO IT TO ME LIKE IN A REAL MOVIE: LECTURE PERFORMANCE Deepan SivaramanINTERVIEW Sleepwalk Collective LOST IN THE FUNHOUSE, OR ALL YOU NEED TO MAKE A SHOW IS A GIRL AND A MICROPHONE Andy SmithTHIS IS IT: NOTES ON A DEMATERIALISED THEATRE Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio THE THEATRE IS NOT OUR HOME: A CONVERSATION ABOUT SPACE, STAGE AND AUDIENCE Junnosuke TadaINTERVIEW Third AngelTESTING THE HYPOTHESIS Ultima Vez INTERVIEW UnlimitedAM I DEAD YET? Sankar VenkateswaranTHEATRE OF THE MIND Dries VerhoevenINTERVIEW Vincent Dance TheatreTHE ART OF NOT LOOKING BACK / MOTHERLAND Aaron WilliamsonDEMONSTRATING THE WORLD – A PUBLIC INTERVENTION PERFORMANCE Xing XinINTERVIEW Andriy ZholdakTHEORY / LECTURES OF ANDRIY ZHOLDAKIndex