Applying Performance: Live Art, Socially Engaged Theatre and Affective Practice

Notes

Draws upon cognitive and affect theory to examine applications of contemporary performance practices in educational, social and community contexts. The writing is situated in the spaces between making and performance, exploring the processes of creating work defined variously as collaborative, participatory and socially engaged.

Artist / Author	Nicola Shaughnessy
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN	978-1349317059
Reference	P3535
Date	2012
Type	Publication

Keywords

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