Editorial: Ethics and Performance

Performing arts practices have a profound power to transform indivi-duals, communities and the world through the affects, images and ideas they evoke. Yet as Fiona Bannon (2018) in her book addressing dance, collaboration and ethics notes: ‘the manner in which we achieve our transforming and trans-formative goals is as important as the resultant work that we may ultimately present’ (BANNON, 2018, p. 129). In wielding such potentials, performance viewers and makers need to attend to the politico-ethical issues that arise as an inherent part of creative processes and aesthetic experiences.