Identity, Performance and Technology - (Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology) by S Broadhurst & J Machon (Hardcover)

About the Book

This project investigates the implications of technology on identity in embodied performance, exploring the interrelationship of & between identities in performance practices & considering how identity is formed, de-formed, blurred & celebrated within diverse approaches to technological performance practice.

Book Synopsis

This project investigates the implications of technology on identity in embodied performance, opening up a forum of debate exploring the interrelationship of and between identities in performance practices and considering how identity is formed, de-formed, blurred and celebrated within diverse approaches to technological performance practice.

Review Quotes

'...this is an important addition to the material on performance and technology and its impact on embodied performance practices. In its ambition and scope this volume will be of interest to those concerned with somatic practice and the range of emergent thinking and multiple impacts of digital technologies deployed in contemporary performance.' - Scott Palmer, New Theatre Quarterly

'...a solid collection of interesting and insightful case studies of performance events and practices incorporating media technologies.' - David Z. Saltz, Theatre Journal

'This book has something to offer those interested in the confluence of performance and technology from practitioners to scholars of all levels, as well as those outside the academy with an active interest in this type of performance work.' - Sophie Lally, Contemporary Theatre Review

About the Author

GHISLAINE BODDINGTON Independent scholar, UK ANDREW BUCKSBARG Independent scholar, UK SELENE CARTER Lecturer in Contemporary Dance, Indiana University, USA CHARLIE GERE Head of Department and Reader in New Media Research, Lancaster University, UK LESLIE HILL Associate Professor of Performance Making, Stanford University, USA CARISSA HOPE-LYNCH Literary Officer with Graeae Theatre Company, UK ROBERTA MOCK Professor of Performance Studies and Director of the Arts & Humanities Doctoral Training Centre, Plymouth University, UK HELEN PARIS Professor of Drama, Stanford University, USA SITA POPAT Lecturer of Dance, Theatre and Performance, University of Leeds, UK KELLY PREECE Research Associate in Dance, University of Leeds, UK THECLA SCHIPHORST Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada FRANZISKA SCHROEDER Lecturer/RCUK Fellow, School of Creative Arts, Queen's University Belfast, UK HELLEN SKY Post Graduate Candidate, SIAL RMIT, Australia OLU TAIWO Senior Lecturer, University of Winchester, UK PAUL WOODWARD Independent scholar, UK