Is the Living Body the Last Thing Left Alive?

Expanded from the 2014 eponymous conference organized by Para Site, Hong Kong, Is the living Body the Last Thing Left Alive? is dedicated to the renewed encounter between dance and performance and the institutions of global contemporary art, marking one of the most significant developments in the art field over the second decade of our century. This book proposes that a "new performance turn" has emerged and look at its correlations with other shifts in practices, discourses, and broader society. While the resources associated with contemporary dance and museum programs make these phenomena primarily visible in the centers of cultural power, these developments are seen around the world.