ABSTRACT

Performance uses the alphabet as an organizational device to present a series of short pieces that approach performance from multiple perspectives and various compositional strategies. Pelias’s essays, poetry, dialogue, personal narratives, quick speculations, and other literary genres explore the key themes in this field, encapsulating the essence of performance studies for the novice and providing food for thought for the expert. Its brief, evocative, and reflexive pieces introduce performative writing as a method of research for those in performance and many other fields.

chapter 1|16 pages

Beginnings

chapter 2|6 pages

A

chapter 3|3 pages

B

chapter 4|20 pages

C

chapter 5|10 pages

D

chapter 6|10 pages

E

chapter 7|2 pages

F

chapter 8|4 pages

G

chapter 9|4 pages

H

chapter 10|26 pages

I

chapter 11|16 pages

J

chapter 12|4 pages

K

chapter 13|4 pages

L

chapter 14|8 pages

M

chapter 15|2 pages

N

chapter 16|4 pages

O

chapter 17|10 pages

P

chapter 18|6 pages

Q

chapter 19|5 pages

R

chapter 20|10 pages

S

chapter 21|4 pages

T

chapter 22|4 pages

U

chapter 23|4 pages

V

chapter 24|6 pages

W

chapter 25|2 pages

X

chapter 26|6 pages

Y

chapter 27|2 pages

Z

chapter 28|2 pages

Addendum