List of illustrations Acknowledgements The dynamics of fractals: Legacies for a new tomorrow - Caridad Svich Intersection, crossover and convergence: Fluidity in contemporary arts - Michael Cerveris CROSSING MEDIA Witness and witnessed - Rinde Eckert in conversation with Caridad Svich Chasing ruins - Tim Etchells in conversation with Caridad Svich A singular vision of hope - Richard Foreman in conversation with Caridad Svich A synesthetic response - Peter Gabriel in conversation with Caridad Svich A natural force - John Jesurun in conversation with Caridad Svich Between technology and emotion - Mikel Rouse in conversation with Caridad Svich Weaving the 'live' and mediated - Marianne Weems in conversation with Caridad Svich Inside and outside of the academy - Maury Yeston in conversation with Michael Cerveris CROSSING CULTURE Towards translocalism: Latino theatre in the new United States - Ricardo Bracho and Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas in conversation with Jose Esteban Muñoz Honouring mystery - Migdalia Cruz in conversation with Caridad Svich Light in the midst of darkness - Dah Teatar's Dijana Milosevic and Kathy Randels in conversation with Lisa D'Amour Navigating the minefields of utopia - Guillermo Gomez Peña and Lisa Wolford in dialogue An advocate for change - Tanika Gupta in conversation with Caridad Svich Communing with culture - Chiori Miyagawa in conversation with Caridad Svich CROSSING LANGUAGE The landscape remembers you - Hilary Bell from an interview with Naomi Wallace Light, memory and other questions - A correspondence between Jim Clayburgh and Matthew Maguire Evanescent truth - Erik Ehn in conversation with Caridad Svich Reshaping myth - Joanna Laurens in conversation with Caridad Svich In search of a common language - Susan Yankowitz in conversation with Caridad Svich CROSSING BODIES Strange behavio[u]r, Jr - Stephen J. Bottoms and Julie Laffin in conversation A sense of place - Peter DuBois in conversation with Caridad Svich Working in partnership - David Greig in conversation with Isabel Wright Dreaming out loud - Phelim McDermott in conversation with Caridad Svich A fixer between living and dead artists - Nick Philippou in conversation with Caridad Svich Hidden worlds: On artists and collaborators - Peter Sellars in conversation with Maria Delgado Active sound - Darron L. West in conversation with Caridad Svich AFTERWORD Contemporary dramatic writings and the new technologies - Patrice Pavis, translated by Joel Anderson NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Select bibliography Index