Research Methods in Theatre and Performance

Baz Kershaw; Helen Nicholson

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2011

Research Methods in Theatre and Performance

Baz Kershaw and Helen Nicholson

In the series Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748646081

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Created in association with TaPRA, the leading UK Theatre and Performance Research organisation, with chapters produced by specialist groupings.
Provides many detailed project case studies and examples - including successful practice-based PhDs - plus analysis of dynamic couplings between methods, methodologies and skill-sets.
Introduction interrogates crucial qualities of performing arts research that constitute theatre and performance as, variously, single-, multi-, inter-, and trans-disciplinary.
Contributors include: Maggie B. Gale (Chair of Drama, University of Manchester); Steve Dixon (Professor of Digital Performance, Brunel University); Joanne 'Bob' Whalley and Lee Miller (University Lecturers and founders Fictional Dogshelf Theatre Company); Simon Ellis and Rosemary Lee (independent performance/dance makers); Roberta Mock (Professor of Performance, University of Plymouth).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction: Doing Methods Creatively Baz Kershaw and Helen Nicholson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Imperative of the Archive: Creative Archive Research Maggie B. Gale and Ann Featherstone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Researching Digital Performance: Virtual Practices Steve Dixon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. Practice as Research: Transdisciplinary Innovation in Action Baz Kershaw, Lee Miller, Joanne Whalley, Rosemary Lee and Niki Pollard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. Researching Theatre History and Historiography Jim Davis, Katie Normington, Gilli Bush-Bailey and Jacky Bratton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
5. Researching Scenography Joslin McKinney and Helen Iball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
6. Performer Training: Researching Practice in the Theatre Laboratory Richmond Pitches, Simon Murray, Helen Poynor, Libby Worth, David Richmond and Jules Dorey Richmond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
7. The Question of Documentation: Creative Strategies in Performance Research Adam J. Ledger, Simon K. Ellis and Fiona Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
8. The Usefulness of Mess: Artistry, Improvisation and Decomposition in the Practice of Research in Applied Theatre Jenny Hughes, Jenny Kidd and Catherine McNamara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
9. Researching the Body in/as Performance Jennifer Parker-Starbuck and Roberta Mock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Other: 16 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: April 18, 2011
ISBN: 9780748646081