Performance as Research (PAR) is a scientific approach developed which considers all artistic practice to be, in and of itself, a form of research that results in the production of knowledge (see also ‘Practice as Research’). According to this approach, an artistic performance can constitute a scientific contribution in much the same way as more traditional theoretical forms. PAR is sometimes distinguished from Practice as Research (PaR) through an emphasis on the role of repetition – training, rehearsals, touring – within the production of embodied knowledge.

Cite: “Performance as Research”, Performascope: Interdisciplinary Lexicon of Performance and Research-Creation, Grenoble: Université Grenoble Alpes, 2021, [online]: http://performascope.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/en/detail/177867