Applying Performance: Live Art, Socially Engaged Theatre and Affective Practice
Nicola Shaughnessy
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Description for Applying Performance: Live Art, Socially Engaged Theatre and Affective Practice
Paperback. This book, now in paperback, draws upon cognitive and affect theory to examine applications of contemporary performance practices in educational, social and community contexts. The writing explores the processes of creating work defined variously as collaborative, participatory and socially engaged. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
This book draws upon cognitive and affect theory to examine applications of contemporary performance practices in educational, social and community contexts. The writing is situated in the spaces between making and performance, exploring the processes of creating work defined variously as collaborative, participatory and socially engaged.
This book draws upon cognitive and affect theory to examine applications of contemporary performance practices in educational, social and community contexts. The writing is situated in the spaces between making and performance, exploring the processes of creating work defined variously as collaborative, participatory and socially engaged.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137525857
SKU
V9781137525857
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Ref
99-15
About Nicola Shaughnessy
NICOLA SHAUGHNESSY is Professor of Performance at the University of Kent, UK. Her teaching and research specialisms are contemporary performance, applied theatre, autobiography and performance theory. Previous publications include essays on gender and theatre, autobiographical drama and applied theatre as well as a book on Gertrude Stein. She is Co-Director of Kent University's Research Centre for Cognition, Kinesthetics and Performance ... Read more
Reviews for Applying Performance: Live Art, Socially Engaged Theatre and Affective Practice
Shaunghessy uses her expert authority to prove that performance matters, and that it matters in an enormous way. - Christine Boyko-Head, Mohawk College, Canada ...Shaughnessy's analysis of applied performance within the frame of cognitive science raises and rearticulates crucial questions held about the practice, indicating that there may be more to ... Read more