The actual disabled body in dance and theater closes representational structures; it is always the most present presence. With this as her premise, Telory Davies uses physical and cognitive impairment to unsettle naturalized assumptions about ability. Changing notions of the body are central to her work and contemporary critical theory in general; disability is her point of entry into this larger conversation. She proposes "actualism" as contemporary disability performances strongest means of transforming U.S. dance and theater. This new practice makes the accommodation of difference more...