Abstract
The performative is that moment in performance in which a transformation takes place in the experience of performer and audience members (Austin, 2007). These intersubjective, one-time and spontaneous moments are by no means guaranteed; they cannot be willed, do not always happen in the same instance or for the same duration, nor do they always arouse the same affective experience. This chapter delineates a three-phase structure that supports the emergence of performative moments in Autobiographical Performances: (1) an individual and introspective preliminary phase; (2) a preparatory process, wherein performatives occur between the director and performer; and (3) a performance phase, in which performatives take place between performer and audience.
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