Experiencing liveness in contemporary performance : interdisciplinary perspectives /

Experiencing liveness in contemporary performance : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Matthew Reason and Anja Mølle Lindelof. - xvi, 304 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm. - Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 47 . - Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 47. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brings together dynamic perspectives on the concept of liveness in the performing arts, engaging with the live through the particular analytical focus of audiences and experience. The status and significance of the live in performance has become contested: perceived as variously as a marker of ontological difference, a promotional slogan, or a mystical evocation of cultural value. Moving beyond debates about the relationship between the live and the mediated, this collection considers what we can know and say about liveness in terms of processes of experiencing and processes of making.

Specialized.

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Performing arts--Social aspects.
Performing arts--Psychological aspects.
Performing arts--Audiences.
Performing Arts.
Performing Arts.

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