Routledge Companion to Performance and Science

Paul Johnson is Dean of Academic Quality and Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Chester.Simon Parry is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Arts Management at The University of Manchester.Adele Senior is Reader in Theatre and Performance at Leeds Beckett University.

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPaul Johnson, Simon Parry and Adele Senior PART IHistories of Science and Performance Chapter 1. Performing Science in Early Modern England: Experimental Entertainment and its AudiencesMark Thomas YoungChapter 2. Dramatic representations of the astrologer on the verge of modern scienceMário MontenegroChapter 3. Samuel Pepys’ Traumatic AutopsiaKara ReillyChapter 4. Artists with differentiated bodies in performing artsFelipe Henrique Monteiro OliveiraChapter 5. The brigands of medicine: charlatanry, sexuality and medical demonstration in late nineteenth century FranceJonathan W. MarshallChapter 6. Physique Amusante: Optics, Mechanics, Anatomy and Anthropology at the Fairground in Nineteenth-century EuropeNele WynantsChapter 7. All Fall Down: Fainting, Dying, and Mad Scenes on the Nineteenth-Century StageElyse SingerChapter 8. “The Velocity of the Stage: Physics Meets Metaphysics in Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s Theatrical Theory”Alisa Ballard LinChapter 9. ‘Heal as well as dance’: Margaret Morris Movement and physiotherapy as performanceClare ButtonPART IIDisciplined PerformanceChapter 10. Computer Science and Performance: A ReintroductionRobert Ellis WaltonChapter 11. ASMR – performance and psychology of sensation in the online spaceJulie Rose Bower & Giulia PoerioChapter 12. Abnormal Psychology and The Case of Becky: Science and Imagination in the Performance of Dual PersonalityJohn M. Andrick Chapter 13. Investigating Biological Dramaturgies: Using cancer biology as a dramaturgical toolDiane StubbingsChapter 14. The dementia science play: Balancing science with humanity in dementia-themed performanceMorgan BatchChapter 15. O (Symptom): Performing in between doctor, patient and cadaverOlivia TurnerChapter 16. Displacing performance mastery with ecological toolsAnthony GrittenChapter 17. The Aesthetics of Mathematics in the Physical TheatreYael Via-DorembusChapter 18. Parameters for Understanding Uncertainty: Methodologies for Intellectual Loitering within Scientific Infrastructure & CommunicationRebecca CollinsPART III Performance Cultures and ScienceChapter 19. Immersive Intelligent Aesthetics for Visualising Extreme Fires: Exploring Terrestrial AgencySusanne Thurow, Dennis Del Favero, Jason Sharples, Khalid Moinuddin, Charles GreenChapter 20. Charge – interpreting scientific research through Interdisciplinary devised practiceSophy SmithChapter 21. From Carbon-Dating to Light Theory in the Dystopic Archeology of IstanbulDeniz BaşarChapter 22. Whose Technology? A Sufi Love Note on Decolonizing our Historical Dances with Science and Technology StudiesAssad AssadChapter 23. Blood Magic in Biotech – a case studyWhiteFeather HunterChapter 24. The Disquieting Body in VestandPage's Performance Art: Diagnose, Cure, Heal, PerformAndrea PagnesChapter 25. Ecosomatic practice for living and dying on a damaged planetOlive BieringaChapter 26. Building Science Communication as a Space for Scientists: Science Comedy in the United KingdomEdward Thomas BankesChapter 27. Room Service as sf theatre: communicating science through sf performanceSanja VodovnikChapter 28. No Space In Between: A Case Study of TheatrescienceRebecca Gould and David CottisPART IVSciences of PerformanceChapter 29. Banishing homunculus: in-bodying imagination in acting processesMicia de WetChapter 30. Emotion Theory and Theatre Practice: From William James to Konstantin StanislavskiAphrodite EvangelatouChapter 31. Theatre as Science: Performing Empathy in Beatrix Cenci Graça P. CorrêaChapter 32. Centring the ‘subjective’ when examining performance in the field of Dance Medicine and ScienceGemma HarmanChapter 33. Conversations on the tensions of dance and science in an emerging research fieldFrances Clarke, Naomi Lefebvre Sell, Matthew Wyon, Derrick Brown-AppenzellerChapter 34. Rehearsing the Art and Science of Healing: Simulation Performance in Nursing EducationAlexander Munro PART VScience, Performance and CommunicationChapter 35. Audiences for science-theatre: valued but under-exploredCarla Almeida and Emma WeitkampChapter 36. Performing Public HealthMeghan Moe Beitiks, Marina Heron Tsaplina, Aaron Colverson, Kaitlyn Wittig Menguc, Jill Sonke, Edith Moore Hubert & Katrina PinedaChapter 37. Pharmakon: An Experimental Collaboration between Performance and PharmacyMichael ValdezChapter 38. Don’t SmileNigel TownsendChapter 39. Taking over Authorship – The Power of Writing Processes for another ScienceLydia Schulze Heuling & Laura Colucci-GrayChapter 40. Discussing problematic legacies of science through theatre: racism, misogyny, and skull measuring in The Science of the FutureDaniel Gamito-MarquesChapter 41. Wild Things: Using improvised comedy to communicate and explore conservation scienceSofia Castelló y Tickell & Matthew KempChapter 42. ‘A Small Show About Big Ideas: Third Angel’s 600 People’Simon Goodwin, Alex Kelly & Rachael WaltonIndex