Introduction

This chapter examines the geographical literatures on performance before discussing the approach to transnationalism as a variegated spatiality. Although an interdisciplinary text, the methodology is perhaps more familiar to those within theatre studies, but it adds a different dimension to existing analyses of creative production within human geography. In contrast, the work situates performance within spatially extensive geographies, arguing that practitioners think and create in relation to broader cultural flows than much current geographical work on performance and the arts suggests. It is important to note that there is no single method for documenting and analysing performance the chapter focuses on elements that provide particular insights into the transnational processes being explored, including staging, costume, dance and accents. The chapter offers a broader perspective on the different ways performances and practitioners become engaged in transnationalism, particularly focusing on creative development and training.