Performing the remembered present : the cognition of memory in dance, theatre and music / edited by Pil Hansen and Bettina Bläsing.

Other author Hansen, Pil, 1974- editor.
Other author Bläsing, Bettina, 1970- editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloosmbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
Description1 online resource (xv, 267 pages) : illustrations
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
Subjects
Performing arts--Psychological aspects.
Memory.

SeriesPerformance and science : interdisciplinary dialogues
Performance and science.
Contents List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Studying the Cognition of Memory in the Performing Arts- Pil Hansen and Bettina Bl?sing (University of Calgary, Canada and Bielefeld University, Germany) PART I) Overview: Memory and the Performing Arts 2. Memory and Dance: 'Bodies of Knowledge' in Contemporary Dance -- Catherine J. Stevens (Western Sydney University, Australia) Review of insights from experimental psychology 3. Memory in Music Listening and Performance -- Jane Ginsborg (Royal Northern College of Music, UK) Cross-disciplinary review 4. Distributed Cognition, Memory and Theatrical Performance -- Evelyn Tribble (University of Otago, New Zealand) Analytical theory construction and review PART II) Learning to Perform from Memory: Effects of Embodiment, Analysis and Expertise 5. Action, Memory and Meaning: Embodied Cognition and the Actor's Fictional Present -- Rick Kemp (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA) Analytical theory construction 6. Learning Complex Actions Through Physical vs. Observational Experience: Implications and Applications for Dance and Other Performing Arts -- Dilini K. Sumanapala and Emily S. Cross (Bangor University, UK) Neurocognitive review and quantitative experiment 7. Analytical Aspects in Children's Performance of Music from Memory -- Anna Maria Bordin (Conservatory of Genoa, Italy) Mixed methods behavioural experiment PART III) Re/Constructing Embodied Memories: Relationships between Memory and Self in Performance 8. Music Improvisation, Identity and Embodied Cognition -- Robert J. Oxoby (University of Calgary, Canada) Quantitative, behavioural experiments 9. Dancing With a Bullet : Moving into Memory with Music -- Vahri McKenzie (Edith Cowan University, Western Australia) Qualitative case study 10. Already Seen, Already Heard, Already Visited: Constructing the Experience of D?j? States within Live Intermedial Performance -- Deidre McLaughlin and Joanne Scott (The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK and University of Salford, UK) Practice as Research investigation Notes References Index.
Summary This international collection brings together scientists, scholars, and artist-researchers from four continents to explore the cognition of memory through the performing arts and examine artistic strategies that target cognitive processes of memory and learning. The strongly embodied and highly trained memory systems of performing artists render artistic practice a rich context for understanding how memory is formed, utilized, and adapted through interaction with others and active engagement with tasks, instruments and environments. Using methods of scientific experimentation, practice-based research, and analytical case studies that bridge disciplines, the authors pursue questions about the following subjects: * embodiment and amnesia in collectively distributed memory; * memory triggers in performance creation and reception; * the journey from explicit learning to implicit skill acquisition in performance training; * the relationship between memory and creative spontaneity; * memorization and gesture, * and the augmentation of identification through performance recall.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 30, 2017).
Issued in other formPrint version: Performing the remembered present : the cognition of memory in dance, theatre and music. London, England : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, ©2017 approximately 272 pages Performance and science. 9781474284714
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