Introduction: Singing the Dance, Dancing the Song Chapter 1: The Song's the Thing: Capturing the "Sung" to Make it "Song" Chapter 2: The (Un)Pleasure of Song: On the Enjoyment of Listening to Opera Performativity as Dramaturgy Chapter 3: Relocating the Song: Julie Taymor's Jukebox Musical Across the Universe (2007) Chapter 4: Dynamic shape: the Dramaturgy of Song and Dance in Lloyd Webber's Cats (1981) Performativity as Transition Chapter 5: Dance Breaks and Dream Ballets: Transitional Moments in Musical Theater Chapter 6: "Love Let Me Sing you": The Liminality of Song and Dance in La Chiusa's Bernarda Alba (2006) Performativity as Identity Chapter 7: Tapping the Ivories: Jazz and Tap Dance in Jelly's Last Jam (1992). Chapter 8: Everything's Coming up Kurt: the Broadway Song in Glee Chapter 9: Angry Dance: Postmodern Innovation, Masculinities and Gender Subversion Performativity as Context Chapter 10: Deconstructing the Singer: the Concerts of Laurie Anderson Chapter 11: Singing and a Song: The "Intimate Difference" in Susan Philipsz's Lowlands (2010) Chapter 12: Acting Operatically: Body, Voice and the Actress in Beckett's Theater Performativity as Practice Chapter 13: Vox Elettronica: Song, Dance and Live Electronics in the Practice of Sound Theater Chapter 14: From Ear to Foot: How Choreographers Interpret Music Chapter 15: Singing from Stones: Physiovocality and Gardzienice's Theater of Musicality Performativity as Community Chapter 16: Singing the Community: the Musical Theater Chorus as Character Chapter 17: Singing and Dancing Ourselves: The Politics of the Ensemble in A Chorus Line (1975) Performativity as Writing Bibliography Index Bibliography.