Interspecies Performance

Interspecies Performance brings together artists and scholars from across the disciplines to interrogate the rich terrain of contemporary interspecies performance practice – specifically in relation to nonhuman animals. The book foregrounds an intersectional and ethically oriented approach that centres care, empathy and collaboration, and considers the deep entanglement of contemporary oppressions.


‘More than a book, this is a dynamic field of catalysing encounters through which the very idea of performance is extended, expanded, reshaped and reinvigorated. When species meet with such creativity, care and curiosity, they vastly increase the potential of performance to envision and to engender futures of multi-species thriving. These astonishing collaborations and theorizations establish a vibrant interspecies praxis at the cutting edge of contemporary performance.’

Una Chaudhuri