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Zusatztext "Embodied Consciousness: Performance Technologies ? is a collection of essays focusing on the category of human consciousness and its significance for performance studies. ? represent the most recent developments in the encounter between science! theatre and performance and are highly recommendable for anyone who is interested in learning more about these fields. ? thus present the reader with an impressive range of approaches and frameworks! exploring the exciting and quickly expanding dialogue between science and performance." (Elzbieta Baraniecka! Journal of Contemporary Drama in English! Vol. 3 (2)! February! 2015) Informationen zum Autor Mary Elizabeth Anderson, Wayne State University, USA Gabriella Calchi-Novati, Trinity College, Dublin Elizabeth Carlin-Metz, Knox College, USA Bonnie J. Eckard, Arizona State University, USA Eve Katsouraki, University of East London, UK David V. Mason, Rhodes College, USA Bella Merlin, actor and writer, University of Birmingham, UK Doug Rosson, Bradley University, USA Devika Wasson (1981-2011), University of Hawaii, USA R. Andrew White, Valparaiso University, USA Dahlia W. Zaidel, University of California, USA Klappentext This volume of essays combines research from neuroscience, conscious studies, methods of training performers, modes of creating a staged narrative, Asian aesthetics, and post-modern theories of performance in an examination of the relationship between consciousness and performance. To come Zusammenfassung This volume of essays combines research from neuroscience! conscious studies! methods of training performers! modes of creating a staged narrative! Asian aesthetics! and post-modern theories of performance in an examination of the relationship between consciousness and performance. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors INTRODUCTION 1. Consciousness and the Brain: A Window to the Mind; Dahlia Zaidel PART I: PEDAGOGY OF PERFORMANCE TRAINING 2. The Neuroscience Of Performance Pedagogy; Elizabeth Carlin Metz 3. Embodying Deep Practice: A Pedagogical Approach to Actor Training; Bonnie Eckard 4. When Consciousness Fragments: A Personal Encounter with Stage Fright; Bella Merlin PART II: EASTERN INFLUENCES ON WESTERN PERFORMANCE TRAINING TECHNOLOGIES 5. Motion in Stillness, Stillness in Motion: Contemplative Practice in the Performing Arts; Barbara Sellers-Young 6. Pause in Breath: Potential for Altered States of Consciousness in Traditional Indian Performance; Devika Wasson 7. Embodied Consciousness: Warm Up and Cool Down; Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe 8. Altered States: Radiating Consciousness in Michael Chekhov's Technique; Andrew White PART III: POLITICS, PERFORMANCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS 9. Irish Biopolitics and National (un) Consciousness. Mannix Flynn'sPublic Performance of Inclusion; Gabriella Calchi-Novati. 10. The Performance Mirror: Self, Consciousness and Verbatim Theatre; Jade Rosina McCutcheon 11. Oprah Feelin': Technologies of Reception in the Commercial Flash Mob; Mary Elizabeth Anderson PART IV: THEORIZING THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF POST-MODERN PERFORMANCE 12. Reexamining Heidegger to Uncover Creativity in the Iteratively Bound Performer; Doug Rosson 13. Aesthetic Encounters of a Collective Consciousness; Eve Katsouraki. 14. Metatheatre and Consciousness; David Mason Bibliography Index...
