The Wind path
Wayfinding in Wayfinder: Potential Navigation in Performance
This chapter interrogates how Wayfinder’s methodology translates into actor-driven navigation, positioning the actor as a cartographer of meaning.
PATHS.
Which way will you go?
The Wind /
The Daughter
Performance as a Compass : An Analysis of Navigational Performance in Wayfinder
An EP of music reflecting on a life lived in joy, in anger, in regret. These are the memories made along the way.
Dance
Footnotes & References
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Core Theoretical Foundations:
- Ryan – narrative construction through non-linear decision-making.
- Murray – theatre as interactive media.
- Schechner – defining the actor’s role in emergent storytelling.
- Ryan – narrative construction through non-linear decision-making.
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Critical Debates and Counterarguments:
- Does actor-driven navigation remove directorial intent?
- How much guidance is necessary before navigation ceases to be meaningful?
- Is this form of theatre inherently elitist (requiring actors with specific skills)?
- Does actor-driven navigation remove directorial intent?
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Empirical Studies & Case Studies:
- Wayfinder Performances – actor-led story construction.
- The Wooster Group – experimental dramaturgy.
- LARP / Role-Playing Theatre – navigation as collaborative storytelling.
- Wayfinder Performances – actor-led story construction.
