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The Live Art Almanac Vol. 5

Editor: Bojana Janković, Megan Vaughan, Lois Keidan | Reference: P3977 | ISBN: 978-1-9164243-4-0 | Type: Publication

A collection of ‘found’ writings about and around Live Art that were originally published, shared, sent, spread and read between January 2015 and December 2017. Selected through recommendations and an open call for submissions, Volume 5 reflects the dynamic, international contexts that Live Art and radical performance practices occupy.

Part of Library of Performing Rights (P3041).

Acts of Passion: Sexuality, Gender, and Performance

Editor: Nina Rapi, Maya Chowdhry | Reference: P3953 | ISBN: 978-1560231080 | Type: Publication

Draws on the experiences and expertise of a wide range of lesbian practitioners and theorists to explore the impact and influences of sexuality and gender on performance.

Part of Library of Performing Rights (P3041).

In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives

Artist/Author: Judith Halberstam | Reference: P3719 | ISBN: 978-0814735855 | Type: Publication

Examines the significance of the transgender body and presents a series of case studies focused on the meanings of masculinity in its dominant and alternative forms – especially female and trans-masculinities as they exist within subcultures, and are appropriated within mainstream culture.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041)

Sickled Feet, Scrunched Shoulders and Sexual Stereotypes

Artist/Author: Anthony Peppiatt, Nigel Charnock | Reference: A0781 | Type: Article

Conversation between two members of the Ludus Dance Company.

South Asian Dancers Dancing

Artist/Author: Susanne Burns | Reference: A0800 | Type: Article

Explores the development of South Asian dance and the changing priorities it has been given by funding agencies.

Everywhere is Somewhere

Artist/Author: Naseem Khan | Reference: P3483 | ISBN: 978-1-910422-39-7 | Type: Publication

Khan describes her unusual mixed family background and the pioneering role she played from the sixties onwards in the recognition of ethnic and minority arts.

The Incorrigibles: Perspectives on Disability Visual Arts in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Editor: Adrian Plant and Tanya Raabe-Webber | Reference: P3074 | ISBN: 978-1-907796-19-7 | Type: Publication

At the 2015 DASH symposium ‘Awkward Bastards’, artist and CEO of Shape Arts, Tony Heaton posed the question “Is the Disability Arts movement a forgotten movement? In response to this, DASH created a new book that aims to show that Disability arts is alive, well and demands recognition and a place within art history.

Other Theatres: The Development of Alternative and Experimental Theatre in Britain

Artist/Author: Andrew Davies | Reference: P2748 | ISBN: 0-333-32435-8 | Type: Publication

An introduction to the important tradition of alternative and experimental theatre in Britain as it has developed over 200 years.