What a body can do : technique as knowledge, practice as research / Ben Spatz.
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TextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2015Description: xiii, 280 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138854109 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Performing arts -- Technique | Movement (Acting) | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 792'.028 Summary: Ben Spatz develops a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge, arguing that viewing technique as both training and research has much to offer current debates over the role of practice in the university, including the debates around 'practice as research'. Drawing on critical perspectives from the sociology of knowledge, phenomenology, dance studies, enactive cognition, and other areas, he argues that technique is a major area of historical and ongoing research in physical culture, performing arts, and everyday life.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ben Spatz develops a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge, arguing that viewing technique as both training and research has much to offer current debates over the role of practice in the university, including the debates around 'practice as research'. Drawing on critical perspectives from the sociology of knowledge, phenomenology, dance studies, enactive cognition, and other areas, he argues that technique is a major area of historical and ongoing research in physical culture, performing arts, and everyday life.
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