narrativeperformance
Narrative performance is a cross-disciplinary concept in which storytelling is produced through live or enacted form rather than solely through written text or static media. It covers a range of practices in theatre, performance art, oral storytelling, spoken word, documentary theatre, and digital or interactive formats where narrative emerges from embodied presentation, voice, gesture, and spatial design as much as from plot or narration.
Practically, it studies how narrative is shaped by performance choices: character embodiment, pacing, voice, audience engagement,
Scholars in performance studies and narrative theory treat narrative performance as an object of analysis that
Contexts range from traditional oral storytelling and ritual to contemporary theatre, stand-up, and interactive installations. Examples
See also: storytelling; performance studies; dramaturgy; narrative theory; theatre.