This is my introductory lecture to the body in performance from the first year undergraduate module 'Performance Perspectives' in the School of Performance and Culture Industries at the University of Leeds.

1. the BODY
the multiple bodies of performance
The Show Must Go On (2001)
Jèrôme Bel

2. The
Body

3. My
Body
Body

4. Light/Dark (1977)
Marina Abramovic/Ulay
The Sensing
Body

5. TheTrainedBody

6. Shirtology (1997)
Jérôme Bel
TheUntrainedBody

7. The
Aging
Body

8. Untitled (Syncope)
(2007)
Kira O’ReillyThe
At Risk
Body

9. Involuntary Dances (2009)
Rita Marcolo
The At Risk Body

10. THE DISABLED BODY
DV8 The Cost of Living (2004)

11. invisible dances…from afar (2003)
Bock and vincenzi
Absent
Bodies

12. Body
(Take 2)
(Take 2)
(Take 2)

13. Man Walking Down the
Side of a Building (1970)
Trisha Brown
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