Cultural Performance

Introduction; Kevin Landis and Suzanne MacAulay, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- SECTION I: AESTHETICS AND EXPERIENCE.- 1. Performing Tradition; Kevin Landis, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: Trickster's Double-ness: Performance, Ideology and Anansesem Storytelling; David Afryie Donkor, Texas A&M University, USA.- 2. Experiencing Community; Suzanne MacAulay, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: Arenas of Sense - Monster Truck Rallies as Cultural Performance; Tomie Hahn, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.- SECTION II: PLACE/SPACE.- 3. The Architecture of Performance Space; Kevin Landis, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: Architecting Queer Space: Charles Ludlam's Bluebeard in the West Village; Sean F. Edgecomb, College of Staten Island, CUNY, USA.- 4. The Topography of Performance; Suzanne MacAulay, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: Utah! America's Most Spectacular Outdoor Musical Drama; Callie Oppedisano, Independent Scholar, USA.- SECTION III: THE BODY.- 5. The Somatic Experience; Kevin Landis, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: The Singing Body as a Fieldwork Site; Sean Williams, Evergreen State College, USA.- 6. Bodies in Nature; Suzanne MacAulay, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: How to Build a Forest; Interviw with PearlDamour (theatre company) and Shawn Hall (visual artist).- Bibliography.

Suzanne MacAulay is Professor and Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.

Kevin Landis is Associate Professor of Theatre in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.