Site-specific performance

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Site-specific performance is performance created in relation to a physical site and staged at the site itself (as opposed to a theatre space). It often involves research of the site prior to the performance.[1] It is often discussed in relation to both theatre and visual art traditions.[2] Nick Kaye was one of the first scholars to consider site-specific performance from both theatrical and visual art perspectives in his book, Site-Specific Art: Performance, Place and Documentation.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pavis, Patrica (1998). Dictionary of the Theatre: Terms, Concepts, and Analysis. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 337–338.
  2. ^ Pearson, Mike (2010). Site-Specific Performance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-230-57671-1.
  3. ^ Nick, Kaye (2008). Site-Specific Art: Performance, Place and Documentation. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415185592. OCLC 756369595.