Performance and Science

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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 Actorâs 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 Childrenâs 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

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