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.