This workshop rehearses the critical and compositional skills relevant to the task of writing about live performance. We will engage a variety of critical and creative modes to research and compose original works of performance criticism, performance documentation, and other modes of writing about performance. We will survey the contemporary and historical ecosystems that have shaped the methods, theories, and practice of performance criticism in the United States, while also considering the recurring disruptions of these systems coming not only from artists and audiences, but also changes the technologies and economics of arts writing.
