What could be the traces, the remains of performance? How to make them persist? Performance is considered a lively and ephemeral event characterized by the temporary occupation of a space by bodies in a specific timeframe. This study adopts a critical analysis of archival theories, taking into account the contributions of authors such as Diana Taylor, Rebecca Schneider, and Peggy Phelan, drawing on non-Western histories and perspectives. Through this lens, alternatives to the traditional logic of the archive are explored, specifically concerning the role of the spectator as a possible living archive of the performance. The co-presence of bodies
during the here-and-now of the performative event fosters a body-to-body transmission that enables the present moment of the performance to remain, but to remain differently. What possible approaches could then concern the remnants of performance, allowing for the reactivation of
these collective memories embodied in the spectator?
