December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
The artist is the focus for live interaction with an audience. The form is extremely open and may incorporate speech, singing, acting, dance, props, multimedia displays, music—in fact, almost anything at all.
• Audience participation. The artist invites spectators to be part of the performance.
• Body as medium. Artists use their own bodies as vehicles.
• Time extension. The performance runs for an enormous length of time, ignoring the customary time frame of traditional theater.
• Disorienting behavior. The artist behaves in ways that subvert expectations of normalcy.
• Autobiography. The artist uses speech, movement, and perhaps multimedia to present an autobiography. The openness of form allows for innovation ...