Remaking, remastering, re-enacting, reappropriating – the recent trend for revisiting pre-existing works seems to pervade all areas of performance today, from dance and theatre to poetry and visual art. How do we account for this surge of interest in returning to work made by other people? Do repurposed performances bring a new perspective – or speak only to insiders? Where’s the line between hommage and parody? Prelude.11 curator Claire Bishop moderates the discussion between poet Robert Fitterman, choreographer Richard Move and Art Historian Julia Robinson.
