This is the final presentation in a trilogy of multi media essays about performers who experience a crisis. Take a look at the Nina and Frederick story embedded below. (To enjoy the Nina and Frederick videos too, please access the video playlist)

 

These stories have been an obsession and a form of a 'possession', for twenty years. At the end, and now that the projects are beginning to look like quaint postmodern parodies. I am interested in what links them.

 

Irving Pollard, a clown destroyed by war, Jeanine Deckers, a nun ruined by fame, and now Nina and Frederik, the fêted couple who aspired to alternative lifestyles..

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hat does the process of shadowing these stories reveal?

 

What motivates imitation in the fan-performer? What techniques from this process can be applied to performance more generally? What about the fan - what is this experience of being co-present but estranged from someone you admire?

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You can approach thee stories at any level - as a researcher, a fan, or with a general interest. There's something for everyone.