Collaborative Embodied Performance

In dancing the tango, watching a live performance, or constructing a site-specific art installation, individuals synergistically and seamlessly engage in complex collaborative actions. How can mind, body and environment mesh to achieve shared goals? Bicknell and Sutton’s superb anthology is essential reading for anyone interested in better understanding thought in action in group endeavours. * Barbara Montero, City University of New York, USA *
By tracing how mindful expert performance can be shaped by ecological, social interpersonal, technological, and cultural factors, the essays collected in this book provide wonderfully in-depth accounts of skilled action in a diverse array of contexts and practices, from theatrical arts to martial arts. We find here important analyses of learning and skill acquisition, but also insights into live professional performance and training. * Shaun Gallagher, University of Memphis, USA *
This book will work as a rich and jolly companion to anyone working in practical and embodied fields, particularly perhaps if operating as the sole representative of this subject space for example in schools, colleges, universities … I highly recommend this book. * Drama Research: International Journal of Drama in Education *
Explores multiple disciplinary approaches to collaboration, embodied skills, movement and performance, and so would be useful for scholars in humanities and sciences, particularly those engaging in interdisciplinary study. * Australasian Drama Studies *