ABOUT BOOK

This introduction motivates the objectives of Performance Generating ~Systems in Dance and provides wayfinding markers for the inquiries, ~insights, and resources of the book. First, the need to understand, ~conceptualize, and render accessible the practice of performance ~generating systems is discussed. I then sketch the interdisciplinary and ~multimethodological journey of research this book is based on and ~name the established artists and research collaborators that have been ~involved. The three theoretical frameworks of the book – dramaturgy, ~psychology, and performativity – are introduced and anchored in key ~insights about performance generating systems. From this backdrop, ~I outline how these frameworks are applied to, and further developed ~through, case examples of the practice by sharing a selection of the ~topics covered and discoveries offered within the contents of the book.