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Illustrate your answer with reference to at least one dance or theatre performance which you have seen live. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the persons given names to the link. That is, if you can handle conflict, cope with ambiguity, navigate the incomprehensible, relish the rivalry. He is university professor and professor of performance studies at tisch school of the arts, new york university. Schechner performance studies an introduction pdf performance studies is not onesize fits all, but all sizes try to fit in. Richard schechners pioneering textbook provides a lively and.
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