{"product_id":"the-routledge-companion-to-theatre-performance-and-cognitive-science-9781138048898","title":"The Routledge Companion to Theatre Performance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Theatre, Performance and Cognitive Science\u003c\/em\u003e integrates key findings from the cognitive sciences (cognitive psychology, neuroscience, evolutionary studies and relevant social sciences) with insights from theatre and performance studies. This rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field dynamically advances critical and theoretical knowledge, as well as driving innovation in practice. The anthology includes 30 specially commissioned chapters, many written by authors who have been at the cutting-edge of research and practice in the field over the last 15 years. These authors offer many empirical answers to four significant questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can performances in theatre, dance and other media achieve more emotional and social impact? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can we become more adept teachers and learners of performance both within and outside of classrooms?  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat can the cognitive sciences reveal about the natu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBruce McConachie \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I: Artistry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRick Kemp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStanislavsky’s prescience: The conscious self in the system and Active Analysis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eas a theory of mind\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharon Marie Carnicke\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe improviser’s lazy brain: improvisation and cognition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eGunter Lösel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevising – embodied creation in distributed systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eRick Kemp\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmbodied cognition and Shakespearean performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarren Tunstall\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe remains of ancient action: Understanding affect and empathy in Greek drama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Meineck\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinding implicit constraints in dance improvisation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ePil Hansen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApplying developmental epistemic cognition to theatre for young audiences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeanne Klein\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4E cognition for directing: Thornton Wilder’s \u003ci\u003eOur Town\u003c\/i\u003e and Caryl Churchill’s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight Shining in Buckinghamshire\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRhonda Blair\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eActing and Emotion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eVladimir Mirodan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Learning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce McConachie\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImprovising communication in Pleistocene performances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce McConachie\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRitual transformation and transmission\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Mason\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunities of gesture: Empathy and embodiment in Bill T. Jones\/Arnie Zane \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDance Company’s \u003ci\u003e100 Migrations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAriel Nereson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreative storytelling, crossing boundaries, high-impact learning and \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esocial engagement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy Kindelan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom banana phones to the bard: The developmental psychology of acting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThalia R. Goldstein\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'I'm giving everybody notes using his body': Framing actors’ observation of performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire Syler\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eActing technique, Jacques Lecoq, and embodied meaning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eRick Kemp\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Scholarship\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce McConachie\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSystems theory, enaction and performing arts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriele Sofia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWatching movement: Phenomenology, cognition, performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanton B. Garner, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttention to theatrical performances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Hamilton\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmergence, meaning and presence: An interdisciplinary approach to a disciplinary question\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Cook\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelishing performance: Rasa as participatory sense-making\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eErin B. Mee\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe self, ethics, agency and tragedy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Palmer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAesthetics and the sensible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Lutterbie\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTalk this dance: On the conceptualization of dance as fictive conversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eAna Margarida Abrantes and Esther Pascual\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistributed cognition: Studying theatre in the wild\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Tribble and Robin Dixon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Translational Applications\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eRick Kemp\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA theatrical intervention to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s and other forms of \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edementia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony and Helga Noice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Performance of Caring: Theatre, empathetic communication and healthcare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eRick Kemp and Rachel DeSoto-Jackson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAwareness performing: Practice and protocol\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eExperience Bryon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImagining the ecologies of autism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelissa Trimingham and Nicola Shaughnessy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToward consilience: Integrating performance history with the coevolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eof our species\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce McConachie\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577801544023,"sku":"9781138048898","price":204.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138048898.jpg?v=1746096765","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-routledge-companion-to-theatre-performance-and-cognitive-science-9781138048898","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}