Performance Studies in Motion offers multiple perspectives on the current field of performance studies and suggests its future directions. Featuring new essays by pioneers Richard Schechner and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett; and by international scholars and practitioners; it shows how performance can offer a new way of seeing the world; and testifies to the dynamism of this discipline. Beginning with an overview of the development of performance studies; the essays offer new insights into: contemporary experimental and postdramatic theatre; participatory performance and museum exhibitions; the performance of politicians; political institutions and grassroots protest movements; theatricality at war and in contemporary religious rituals; and performative practices in therapy; education and life sciences. Employing original reflexive approaches to concrete case studies and situations; contributors introduce a variety of applications of performance studies methodologies to contemporary culture; art and society; creating new interdisciplinary links between the arts; humanities; and social and natural sciences. With studies from and about places as diverse as Austria; Belgium; China; France; Germany; Israel; Korea; Palestine; the Philippines; Poland; Rwanda and the USA; Performance Studies in Motion showcases the vitality and breadth of the field today.
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