Performed Ethnography and Communication

D. Soyini Madison is Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University, USA.

• List of figuresAcknowledgmentsPrologueIntroductionPART 1 Embodied technique and practiceChapter 1 Embodied technique and practiceTechniquePracticeInterview with Ben SpatzExamples of technique and practiceCase study one: Digital Portobelo with Renee Alexander CraftChapter 2 ImprovisationThe inherited body we bring to performance practiceKey concepts in improvisational acting and performanceExamples Chapter 3 Devised theatreEthnographic data and processSuggested stages for devised performanceIn summaryInterview with Honey Pot PerformanceCase study two: the digital in dialogic performance across two continentsChapter 4 Movement and scenes of body workWarm-up improvisations for neutral maskEfforts and factors from Laban/BartenieffImprovisation exercises for efforts and factorsImprovisational exercises for BESSThe 5Rhythms from Gabrielle RothAugusto Boal and Newspaper Theatre PART 2 Oral history and personal narrative performanceChapter 5 The value of oral history and life storyWho owns the story?Interview with E. Patrick JohnsonOral history as permission, public pedagogy, and provocationOn truth Chapter 6 The narrative/narrated event and the anatomy of emotion The narrative eventThe narrated eventCase study three: holograms in a live staging of history: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fireChapter 7 Anatomy of emotion: the brain, performance, and oral historyProprioceptionMirror neurons and simulation theoryChapter 8 Performing oral history and life stories Solo performanceExercises Chapter 9 Viewpoints in rehearsal ExamplesSelected viewpoints for oral history and performanceCase study four: the storyteller's magnified embodiments in real-time telling Chapter 10 Jerzy Grotowski's plastiques and Viola Spolin's speech and soundThe brain of the body and the body of the brainInterview with Stephen WanghExamplesEpilogue: the intermix of performance, ethnography, and communicationAppendix: illustration of creativity and the brainBibliographyIndex

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