About this journal

Researching performance, anticipating tendencies, mapping practices, documenting processes, stimulating inquiry, performing research.

Since 1996 Performance Research has set a precedent that has become standard for thematic and cross-disciplinary ways of bringing together the varied materials of artistic and theoretical research in the expanded field of performance. Working closely with designers, artists, academics, theorists, performance practitioners and writers Performance Research resists disconnected, disembodied, and disinterested forms of scholarship. We prefer instead the possibilities of imagining the journal as a dynamic space of performance that produces inspiring conversations, unlikely connections, and curious confluences. Our emphasis on contemporary performance arts within changing cultures and technologies is reflected in the interdisciplinary vision and international scope of the journal. Performance Research continues to combine writings and works for the page in an interplay of analysis, anecdote, polemic and criticism; interweaving the oblique with the conflicting, the pivotal with the resistant, and the eclectic with the indispensable.

All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening (by the guest editor), refereeing by at least two referees, and consultation with the journal editors and board.

GENERAL EDITOR:

Richard Gough, Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK University of South Wales, Cardiff UK

DEPUTY EDITOR:

Helena Grehan, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

ASSOCIATE EDITORS:

Frank Camilleri, University of Malta, Malta

Felipe Cervera, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

Kyoko Iwaki, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Carl Lavery, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Jazmin Badong Llana, De La Salle University, Manilla, Philippines

Ella Parry Davies, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK

Theron Schmidt, UNSW Sydney, Australia

Adele Senior, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK

Kristof van Baarle, University of Antwerp, Belgium and KASK - School of Arts, Ghent, Belgium

Asher Warren, University of Tasmania, Australia

REVIEWS EDITOR:

Anna Jayne Kimmel, Stanford University, California, USA

MANAGING EDITORS:

Helen Gethin, Centre for Performance Research Associate, UK
Becci Curtis, Centre for Performance Research Associate, UK
Helen Pendry, Centre for Performance Research Associate, UK


EDITORIAL BOARD:
Ric Allsopp, Independent Writer and Editor
Philip Auslander, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Eugenio Barba, Director, Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, Holstebro, Denmark
Una Bauer, Independent Scholar and Writer, Zagreb, Croatia
Rustom Bharucha, Independent writer and dramaturge, India
Johannes Birringer, Artistic Director, Alien Nation Co., Houston, USA
Paul Carter, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca, DAS Graduate School, Academy of Theatre and Dance, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Scott deLahunta, Coventry University, UK and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Jim Drobnick, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
Peter Eckersall, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA
Josette Féral, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada
Rachel Fensham, University of Melbourne, Australia
Solveig Gade, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
John Hall, Falmouth University, UK
Marijke Hoogenboom, Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
Peter Hulton, Director, Arts Documentation Unit, Exeter, UK
Nesreen Hussein, Middlesex University, London, UK
Janez Janša, Performance Artist and Director of Maska, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bojana Kunst, Institute for Applied Theatre Studies in Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
André Lepecki, New York University, USA
Claire MacDonald, Independent Scholar and Writer
Sharon Mazer, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Patrice Pavis, Independent Scholar
Paul Rae, University of Melbourne, Australia
Alan Read, King’s College, University of London, UK
Caroline Wake, UNSW Sydney, Australia
David Williams, Independent Researcher and Artist

Performance Research was founded in 1995 by Ric Allsopp, Richard Gough and Claire MacDonald.

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