Introduction; Kevin Landis and Suzanne MacAulay, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- SECTION I: AESTHETICS AND EXPERIENCE.- 1. Performing Tradition; Kevin Landis, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: Trickster's Double-ness: Performance, Ideology and Anansesem Storytelling; David Afryie Donkor, Texas A&M University, USA.- 2. Experiencing Community; Suzanne MacAulay, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: Arenas of Sense - Monster Truck Rallies as Cultural Performance; Tomie Hahn, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.- SECTION II: PLACE/SPACE.- 3. The Architecture of Performance Space; Kevin Landis, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: Architecting Queer Space: Charles Ludlam's Bluebeard in the West Village; Sean F. Edgecomb, College of Staten Island, CUNY, USA.- 4. The Topography of Performance; Suzanne MacAulay, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: Utah! America's Most Spectacular Outdoor Musical Drama; Callie Oppedisano, Independent Scholar, USA.- SECTION III: THE BODY.- 5. The Somatic Experience; Kevin Landis, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: The Singing Body as a Fieldwork Site; Sean Williams, Evergreen State College, USA.- 6. Bodies in Nature; Suzanne MacAulay, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.- Case Study: How to Build a Forest; Interviw with PearlDamour (theatre company) and Shawn Hall (visual artist).- Bibliography.