Acknowledgments
This book would not have taken shape without the generous support of many friends to whom the authors express their deep gratitude
Adam Ledger (Great Britain)
Aderbal Freire Filho (Brazil)
Alice Williams (Australia)
Ana Woolf (Argentina)
Annelis Kuhlmann (Denmark)
Arianna De Sanctis (Italy)
Beatriz Seibel (Argentina)
Bernardo Gutierrez (Colombia)
Bruno Bert (Mexico)
Carlos Gil (Spain)
Carlos José Reyes (Colombia)
Chiara Crupi (Italy)
Christel Weiler (Germany)
Christoph Falke (Germany)
Connie Zhang (China)
Cristina Gallingani (Italy)
Daniele Albanese (Italy)
David Jang (China)
Dina Habu Hamdan (Jordan)
Edgar Ceballos (Mexico)
Emidio Luisi (Brazil)
Fabian Boal (Brazil)
Felisa Jezierski (Uruguay)
Franco Perrelli (Italy)
Georges Banu (France)
Giuliano Campo (Italy)
Graciela Ferrari (Argentina)
Guillermo Angelelli (Argentina)
Horacio Czertok (Argentina)
Ian Watson (USA)
Irion Nolasco (Brazil)
Jose Monleón (Spain)
Juan Carlos Moyano (Colombia)
Juan Cuevas (Chile)
Judy Barba (Great Britain)
Julia Varley (Great Britain)
Kassim Bayatly (Iraq)
Leonard C. Pronko (USA)
Luciana Martuchelli (Brazil)
Luis Peyrano (Peru)
Margherita Savarese (Italy)
Maria de la Luz Hurtado (Chile)
Marina Lamus Obregón (Colombia)
Mario Delgado (Peru)
Merida Urquia (Cuba)
Miguel Rubio (Peru)
Mikaela Merin (Romania)
Mingder Chung (Taiwan)
Natsu Nakajima (Japan)
Nehad Selaiha (Egypt)
Nora Amin (Egypt)
Oliviero Ponte di Pino (Italy)
Omar Valiño (Cuba)
Parvathy Baul (India)
Patricia Cardona (Mexico)
Patricia Furtado de Mendoza (Brazil)
Patricio Vallejo Aristazabal (Ecuador)
Pico Wilson (Ecuador)
Ramiro Osorio (Colombia)
Raquel Carrió (Cuba)
Ravi Gopalan Nair (India)
Rina Skeel (Argentina)
Robert Jacobson (Sweden)
Rosalía Gómez (Spain)
Rosaria Ruffini (Italy)
Ruru Li (China)
Sabrina Martello (Italy)
Stan Lai (Taiwan)
Susana Freire (Argentina)
Tom Leabhart (USA)
Valmir Santos (Brazil)
Venicio Fonseca (Brazil)
Vivian Martínez Tabares (Cuba)
Wal Mayans (Paraguay)
Warih Wisatsana (Indonesia)
Ya-Ling Peng (Taiwan)
Zbigniew Osinski (Poland)
Our thanks go to the International Research Center “Interweaving Cultures in Performance” in Berlin and to the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles for their support.
Our special thanks to graphic designers: Mauro De Meis, Antonio Chiriatti and Luigi Fabii (Pagina).