Performance Research: On Ritual

Performance Research: On Ritual will examine a range of performative practices from both the historical and contemporary repertoire. It will explore systematic connections between ritual and theatre, present the work of contemporary artists, and reflect on the role and meaning of ritual for theatrical purposes in the late 20th Century. It will also look at ritualism in the intersices of painting, music and theatre, in personal and social identity, and the antithesis of healing rituals and rituals of death.