Mapping multimodal performance studies: an introduction -- Multimodal semiotics of theatrical performances -- Making meaning through movement : a functional grammar of dance movement -- The phantoms of the opera : toward a multidimensional interpretative framework of analysis -- The eyes have it : 'In the gaze ... everything happened' -- Interacting cognitive subsystems and dance : choreographic creativity -- Film space as theatrical performing space : a multimodal discourse approach to transmedial analysis -- Who's afraid of Conchita Wurst? Drag performers and the construction of multimodal prosody -- From text to performance : discourse analytical thoughts on new forms of performances in social media