ABSTRACT
Dance performing literacies are multilayered and complex and can be influenced significantly by the performing context. Dance performance, like other performing arts, continues to evolve as notions of traditional concert performance are challenged and reframed. One such evolution that has explored not only the theatrical staging of dance but the idea of audience as well is that of site-specific, or site-based, dance performance, which offers alternative spaces for performing and experiencing works of art. In defying the boundaries of the traditional stage, site-based performance necessarily may require a shift or reframing of what people consider as performing literacy. The national core dance standards cite working and presenting in alternative performance venues as evidence of performance literacy, a standard that suggests the value the discipline places on site-based work. The national core dance standards cite working and presenting in alternative performance venues as evidence of performance literacy, a standard that suggests the value the discipline places on site-based work.
