As the nature of contemporary performance continues to expand into new forms, genres and media, it requires an increasingly diverse vocabulary. "Reading Contemporary Performance" provides students, critics and creators with a rich understanding of the key terms and ideas that are central to any discussion of this evolving theatricality.

Specially commissioned entries from a wealth of contributors map out the many and varied ways of discussing performance in all of its forms from theatrical and site-specific performances to live and New Media art. The book is divided into two sections:...