Introduction

Abstract

Performance moves, in many ways. It stages carefully rehearsed movements, many of which are attempts to represent or investigate movements made in other areas of life. It moves its audience to a range of feelings.¹ It tours from one place to another. And our understanding of its meaning and efficacy shifts as we select different critical perspectives from which to discuss it. None of this is new. Performance has always been a slippery business: on the move, ephemeral and difficult to contain. I am interested in this study in how it engages with other mobile practices, and especially with those involved in travel. This book, then, is an investigation into how performance moves, how it engages with ideas about movement, and how it potentially shapes our experiences of movement.