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A timely book that identifies the practice of '(syn)aesthetics' in artistic style and audience response, which helps to articulate the power of experiential practice in the arts. This exciting new approach includes interviews with leading practitioners in of theatre, dance, site-specific work, live art and technological performance practice.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Redefining Visceral Performance
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Part 1
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Front Matter
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Part 2
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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'The diversity of voices [in part 2 of the book] is a real strength...[and] provides a rich array of primary source material for all readers from undergraduates to professors...' - Patrick Duggan, New Theatre Quarterly
About the author
List of interviewees:
LINDA BASSETT is an internationally renowned actress.
BODIES IN FLIGHT was formed in 1990 by choreographer Sara Giddens and writer Simon Jones, and makes interdisciplinary performance work.
GLYN CANNON is a British playwright.
MARISA CARNESKY is an Olivier award winning performance artist and show-woman who has presented performance events internationally.
CURIOUS was formed in 1996 by Leslie Hill and Helen Paris, and has produced many projects in a range of disciplines including performance, installation, publication and film.
AKRAM KHAN is an acclaimed choreographer and artistic director of Akram Khan Dance Company, set up in 2000.
KWAME KWEI-ARMAH is a British actor, broadcaster, columnist, director and playwright.
JO MCINNES has performed in theatre, film and television and currently runs her own production company.
PUNCHDRUNK is the UK's leading exponent of immersive theatre, and produces original works of installation performance on an epic scale.
JENNY SEALEY is Artistic Director of Graeae, a disabled-led theatre company that profiles the skills of actors, writers and directors with physical and sensory impairments.
SHUNT is a collective of ten artists creating large-scale performance events in unexpected, abandoned or derelict buildings throughout London.
NAOMI WALLACE is a playwright, screenwriter and poet.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: (Syn)aesthetics
Book Subtitle: Redefining Visceral Performance
Authors: Josephine Machon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230236950
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22127-7Published: 28 April 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-33690-2Published: 28 April 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23695-0Published: 28 April 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 221
Topics: Performing Arts, Dance, Theatre and Performance Studies, Environment, general, Literature, general, Twentieth-Century Literature