Cultural Politics of One-to-One Performance

Rachel Zerihan is a writer and researcher who has taught extensively in higher education and is currently training to become a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. She has published widely and is co-editor of a Special Edition of Performing Ethos Journal on 'Ethics in One-to-One Performance' (2014), Intimacy Across Visceral and Digital Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and Interfaces of Performance (2009).

• 1 Introduction: To Open.- 2 Contextual Configurations: Grounding Historical, Conceptual and Political Roots of One-to-One Performance.- 3 Empathetic Orientations in One-to-One Performance: Cathartic Modes of Engagement.- 4 One-to-One Performance in the Public Sphere: Socio-spatial Frames of Encounter.- 5 Intercourse Discourse in One-to-One Performance: Explicit Approaches to Interaction.- 6 Clubbing, Consuming, Cruising: Curatorial Responsibility in One-to-One Performance.- 7 Conclusion: True Stories.