Few individuals have positioned their work more controversially or consequently than Richard Schechner within the pivotal debates that define Performance Studie

Performance Studies in Motion offers multiple perspectives on the current field of performance studies and suggests its future directions. Featuring new essays

Richard Schechner is a pioneer of Performance Studies. A scholar, theatre director, editor, and playwright he is University Professor of Performance Studies at

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In this second edition, the author opens with a discussion of important developments in the discipline. His closing chapter, 'Global and Intercultural Performan