{"product_id":"performance-generating-systems-in-dance-dramaturgy-psychology-and-performativity-9781789388763","title":"Performance Generating Systems in Dance:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerformance generating systems are systematic and task-based dramaturgies that generate performance for or with an audience. In dance, such systems differ in ways that matter from more closed choreographed scores and more open forms of structured improvisation. Dancers performing within these systems draw on predefined and limited sources while working on specific tasks within constraining rules. The generating components of the systems provide boundaries that enable the performance to self-organize into iteratively shifting patterns instead of becoming repetitive or chaotic.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book identifies the generating components and dynamics of these works and the kinds of dramaturgical agency they enable. It explains how the systems of these creations affect the perception, cognition and learning of dancers and why that is a central part of how they work. It also examines how the combined dramaturgical and psychological effects of the systems performatively address individual and social conditions of trauma that otherwise tend to remain unchangeable and negatively impact the human capacity to learn, relate and adapt. The book provides analytical frameworks and practical insights for those who wish to study or apply performance generating systems in dance within the fields of choreography and dance dramaturgy, dance education, community dance or dance psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFeatured cases offer unique insight into systems created by Deborah Hay and Christopher House, William Forsythe, Ame Henderson, Karen Kaeja and Lee Su-Feh.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Going beyond the typical theoretical constructs of choreography and improvisation, Pil Hansen’s book indulges in the inventive components of creating dance productions utilizing performance generating systems. What could be overly abstract is grounded in concrete definitions that guide the reader toward an understanding of the included theories and possible applications.[...] This text is well suited for a graduate-level dance studies seminar involving practical application of creation methods [...] In addition to graduate study, Hansen’s book is a wonderful source of thoughtful queries, ideas, and experiential knowledge that would benefit any dance educator guiding students in maintaining and deepening curiosity and explorative actions.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Heather Trommer-Beardslee, Journal of Dance Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e1. Introduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePerformance Generating Systems in Dance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConceptualizing and researching performance generating systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree analytical and dramaturgical frameworks in application\u003cbr\u003e - Dramaturgy\u003cbr\u003e - Psychology\u003cbr\u003e - Performativity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePART ONE: DRAMATURGY\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e2. The Dramaturgical Agency of Performance Generating\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSystems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelopments in dramaturgical agency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepartures from choreography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDifferences from improvisation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcepts of memory at work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemory and agency in performance generating systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAnalyzing and Notating Performance Generating Dramaturgies as Dynamical Systems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotation challenges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDynamical Systems Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDST-based tools of analysis and notation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRecycled Choreographic Memory in \u003cem\u003erelay\u003c\/em\u003e: Henderson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFuturing memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe dynamics of futuring memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEthics of affecting memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePART TWO: PSYCHOLOGY\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e5. The Cognitive Demands and Learning Effects of Performance Generating Systems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe emergence of dance psychology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes on methodology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn earned presence\u003cbr\u003e - Kinaesthetic perception and perceptual integration\u003cbr\u003e - Recalling and perceiving through memory\u003cbr\u003e - Constraints and distributed, extended cognition\u003cbr\u003e - Implicit and explicit learning\u003cbr\u003e - Disrupting and manipulating implicit processes\u003cbr\u003e - Unlearning and recalibrating perception\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLearning in \u003cem\u003eWhole in the Head\u003c\/em\u003e: Forsythe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eImprovisation Technologies\u003c\/em\u003e: imaging movement modalities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding an ensemble: collective memory and skill development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpening the near closed ‘soft clock’\u003cbr\u003e - Generating components within narrow boundaries\u003cbr\u003e - Self-organizing dynamics and the attractor of emergent performer agency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosing the near open ‘supernova’\u003cbr\u003e - Expanded generating components and exploded boundaries\u003cbr\u003e - The self-organizing attractor of ensemble memory and agency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning \u003cem\u003eWitH\u003c\/em\u003e an ensemble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7. Unlearning in \u003cem\u003eI’ll Crane for You\u003c\/em\u003e: Hay through House\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTesting the boundaries of performance generating systems with Hay through House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerating components\u003cbr\u003e - Practice\u003cbr\u003e - Adapting performer\u003cbr\u003e - Score\u003cbr\u003e - Agreement\u003cbr\u003e - Transferability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning to unlearn\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART THREE: PERFORMATIVI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTY\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e8.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAffecting the (Im)possibility of Change: Performativity and Trauma\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoving from dramaturgy and psychology through performativity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerformativity: discursive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerformativity: posthuman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePotential of change in performance generating systems: phase transitions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(Un)changeable conditions: trauma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerformative Agency \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTransition from Dissociation to Intimacy in \u003cem\u003eCrave\u003c\/em\u003e: Kaeja\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCraving touch: sourcing dissociation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreating ‘touch’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSafety through transfer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhase transition towards relational, performative agency \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcess strategies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEnvironmental Entanglement in the \u003cem\u003eDance Machine\u003c\/em\u003e: Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuerying belonging: sourcing displacement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA simple dance: devising a consensual feedback system \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerating components and phase transition: listening to collective\/environmental interaction\u003cbr\u003e - Transitions from hesitant\/unconnected performance to engagement \u003cbr\u003e - Immersive rest and robust forms of creative engagement \u003cbr\u003e - Invited forms of collaborative engagement \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerformative strategies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eConclusion: Affecting Agency, Learning, and Change through Performance Generating Systems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe conceptualization of performance generating systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDramaturgical, psychological, and performative case insights \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe combined theoretical frameworks and their future application \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/strong\u003e Methodological Negotiations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBibliography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIndex\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138375024983,"sku":"9781789388763","price":23.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/performance-generating-systems-in-dance-dramaturgy-psychology-and-performativity-9781789388763","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}