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Performativity

Deborah Wong

Published: 2008-08-25

VIDEO: Dr. Wong gives a lecture on performativity in relation to transcultural understanding. TEXT: A course description for Dr. Wong's lectures.VIDEO: Dr. Wong gives a lecture on performativity in relation to transcultural understanding. TEXT: A course description for Dr. Wong's lectures.

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Improvisation implies a deep connection between the personal and the communal, self and world. A “good” improviser successfully navigates musical and institutional boundaries and the desire for self-expression, pleasing not only herself but the listener as well.

– Rob Wallace