Synopses & Reviews
How have research methods and methodologies adapted to the burgeoning environment of theatre and performance studies in recent years? And how can researchers select the best approach for their project? The twenty-nine contributors in this book, including lecturers in performance history, theatre, drama, and scenography as well as practicing theatre directors, artists, writers, and performers, tackle these questions by first discussing the domains of research -- archives, technology, and creative practices -- and then focusing on selected specialist areas of research such as history and historiography, scenography and visual theatre, the body in performance, and applied theatre and performance. Designed both as a critical digest of methodologies and a toolbox of adaptable methods, this book, written in close association with the membership of TaPRA (the Theatre and Performance Research Association), guides individual researchers and encourages collaborative research learning.
Synopsis
How have theatre and performance research methods and methodologies engaged the expanding diversity of performing arts practices? How can students best combine performance/theatre research approaches in their projects? This book's 29 contributors provide hands-on answers to such questions. Challenging and debating received research wisdom and exploring innovative procedures for rigorous enquiry via archives, technology, practice-as-research, scenography, performer training, applied theatre/performance, body in performance and more, they create a focussed compendium of future research options.
About the Author
Baz Kershaw is Professorial Research Fellow in Performance at the Warwick University Helen Nicholson is Professor of Drama and Theatre at the Royal Holloway, University of London