University
of Exeter Drama Department
THE CHANGING
BODY:
The
bodymind in contemporary training and performance
An interdisciplinary focus on the proposition that the unique mobile of performance – across the gamut from ritual to physical theatre/dance, from role playing to live art – is the body in action, the body in a process of change, of performers and “audience” alike. It might be said that a body is the site of multiple inscriptions – environmental, political, imaginary, familial, scientific, social, among others. A body is also the site of multiple presences – the breath, sensation, perceptions, emotions, thoughts, among others. Performance occurs at the interstice of a body and a world, and the action that is occurring there is a body engaging and negotiating a process of change with a world – through narrative, image, sound text, place, among others. This symposium is the culmination
of a year long series of research seminars involving among others: The symposium will include: Key note contributions from Respondants from the fields of cognitive neuroscience, sports science, sociology, psychology. Also three day pre-symposium
workshops from leading practitioners in diverse approaches to body
in performance. |
