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CHARLENE RAJENDRAN argues that a dramaturg’s engagement through active presence, deep listening and political consciousness, are critical dimensions in performance-making that push artists to take on leadership roles in relation to their artistic choices. Particularly in the development of experimental interdisciplinary and intercultural work, a dramaturg deals with the dynamics of difference through questions and responses, provocations and suggestions, advocating for change that shifts a balance of power. Navigating the tensions, uncertainties and precarities that surface becomes part of the creative work that a dramaturg facilitates, making difference a catalyst for aesthetic agency.