Palani, Malin2015-04-212015-04-212015-01https://hdl.handle.net/11299/171668University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. January 2015. Major: Theatre Arts. Major: Dr. Sonja Kuftinec. 1 computer file (PDF); iii, 277 pages.In this dissertation, I theorize the immersion and emergence of performance research and practice--entangled together--in ongoing and unfolding relationality within the world and with more-than-human bodies. In keeping with an aspiration to consider how a focus on the more-than-human in performance might renew thinking and understanding of performance ontology and relationality, I propose and think through how a theory of becoming--an embedded relationality--might be mobilized in performance practice and research. I examine six contemporary performance sites in four chapters focused on human encounter with others--machines and technology, objects, animals, and landscapes.enTheatre artsThesis or Dissertation