The Routledge Companion to Audiences and the Performing Arts represents a truly multi-dimensional exploration of the inter-relationships between audiences and performance.
This study considers audiences contextually and historically, through both qualitative and quantitative empirical research, and places them within appropriate philosophical and socio-cultural discourses. Ultimately, the collection marks the point where audiences have become central and essential not just to the act of performance itself but also to theatre, dance, opera, music and performance studies as academic disciplines.
This Companion will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduates, as well as to theatre, dance, opera and music practitioners and performing arts organisations and stakeholders involved in educational activities.
Edited by:
Matthew Reason (York St John University UK),
Lynne Conner,
Katya Johanson,
Ben Walmsley (University of Leeds,
UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367695842
ISBN 10: 0367695847
Series: Audience Research
Pages: 558
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience:
General/trade
,
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
ELT Advanced
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
The Paradox of Audiences Matthew Reason, Lynne Conner, Katya Johanson and Ben Walmsley Part One: Histories, Theories and Questions of Social Justice Introduction Lynne Conner 1. Ellen Dissanayake in Conversation Ellen Dissanayake and Lynne Conner 2. Histories of Audiencing: On Evidence, Mythology and Nostalgia Helen Freshwater 3. Disrupting the Audience as Monolith Lynne Conner 4. Who? Why? and How?: The Contribution of Sociology to the Study of Arts Audiences and Where it Needs Help Laurie Hanquinet 5. The Future of Audiences and Audiencing Jennifer Novak Leonard 6. Which Global? Which Local?: Aucitya, Rasa, Development, Ase and other Demands on the Audience Glenn Odom and Giri Raghunathan 7. Forced Experiences: Shifting Modes of Audience Involvement in Immersive Performances Doris Kolesch and Theresa Schütz Part Two: Policies, Politics and Practices Introduction Ben Walmsley 8. Alan Brown in Conversation Alan Brown and Emma McDowell 9. Are We the Baddies?: Audience Development, Cultural Policy and Ideological Precarity Steven Hadley 10. At what cost? Working Class Audiences and the Price of Culture Maria Barrett 11. A ‘Universal Design’ for Audiences with Disabilities? Bree Hadley 12. Fans and Fandom in the Performing Arts Kirsty Sedgman 13. The Role of the Audience in Forum and Interactive Theatre: Perspectives from Bangladesh Meghna Guhathakurta 14. Audience Engagement and the Production of Efficacious Theatre: Case Studies from Ghana Awo Mana Asiedu 15. Critical Perspectives on Valuing Culture: Tensions and Disconnections between Research, Policy and Practice Ben Walmsley and Julian Meyrick Part Three: Methods, Methodologies and Understanding Audiences Introduction Matthew Reason 16. Martin Barker in Conversation Martin Barker and Matthew Reason 17. Mixing Methods in Audience Research Practice: A multi-method(ological) discussion Emma McDowell 18. Quantifying the Dance Spectacle in the Audience’s Mind: A Methodological Quest for Neuroscience Research Corinne Jola 19. Continuous and Collective Measures of Real-Time Audience Engagement L.S. Merritt Millman, Guido Orgs and Daniel Richardson 20. Audience Interaction: Approaches to Researching the Social Dynamics of Live Audiences Patrick G.T. Healey, Matthew T. Harris and Michael F. Schober 21. Quantitative Measures of Audience Experience Wing Tung Au, Zhumeng Zuo and Paton Pak Chun Yam 22. The Benefits and Challenges of Large-Scale Qualitative Research Stephanie Pitts and Sarah Price 23. Creative Methods and Audience Research: Affordances and Radical Potential Matthew Reason 24. Ethics in Audience Research: By the Book or on the Hop? Katya Johanson and Hilary Glow Part Four: Shorts: Adventures in Thinking About Audiences Introduction Katya Johanson 25. Affect Lucy Thornett 26. Agency Astrid Breel 27. Co-Creation Michael Pinchbeck and Rachel Baynton 28. Covid-19 Tully Barnett 29. Data Rishi Coupland 30. Dialogue Maddy Costa 31. Integrated and Inclusive Vipavinee Artpradid 32. Labour Martin Young 33. Language Michelle Loh 34. Laughter Natalie Diddams 35. Marginalia Helen Yung 36. Memory Elaine Faull 37. One-to-One Rachel Gomme 38. Pantomime Robert Marsden 39. Post-Humanity Fayen D’Evie 40. Post-Show Diane Ragsdale 41. Rehearsal Anja Ali Haapala 42. Relaxed Lauren Hall and Paul Wilshaw 43. Risk Ella de Búrca 44. Sickness Verónica Rodríguez 45. Thresholds Stefania Donini 46. Touch Elena S.V. Flys Afterword: Covid-19, Audiences, and the Future of the Performing Arts Matthew Reason, Lynne Conner, Katya Johanson and Ben Walmsley
Matthew Reason is Professor of Theatre and Performance at York St John University, UK. Lynne Conner is Chair and Professor at the Department of Theatre at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. Katya Johanson is Professor of Audience Research at Deakin University, Australia. Ben Walmsley is Professor in Audience Engagement at University of Leeds, UK.
