Download or read book Reading Contemporary Performance written by Meiling Cheng and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will be an invaluable guide to anyone approaching the many and varied ways of discussing performance in all of it forms - from theatrical and site-specific performances to live and New Media art. The many-headed nature of contemporary performance is requiring an increasingly diverse and sophisticated vocabulary from its students. The aim of this book is not only to provide a solid set of familiarities, but also to explore and contextualise the key terms that are central to any discussion of performance.