Changing Perspectives on Performance

Changing Perspectives on Live Performance: interrogating digital dimensions and new modes of engagement is an international research network that discusses ways of creating and presenting theatre, dance and performance that emerged during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.

The past year marked by a world pandemic has brought changing circumstances to the artistic and performance scene. The impossibility of gathering, rehearsing and performing to live audiences has forced artists to investigate new alternatives of not only performing their work but also financially supporting themselves. This has affected both the aesthetics of performance-making and the professional practices of performance-makers. Changes in formats have created new ways of reaching audiences which have more fully exploited an ever-increasing engagement with a wide variety of screen-based technology and digital platforms.