1st Edition

Designing Audience-Interactive Performance The Theatre Engine Approach to Meaningful Interaction

204 Pages 24 Color & 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 24 Color & 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Designing Audience Interactive Performance: The Theatre Engine Approach to Meaningful Interaction aims to amplify and encourage collaborative interplay in performance by unpacking the research methods, concepts, and adventures of Theatre Engine productions. A framework for meaningful interaction in performance is provided through an examination of the research inquiry, successes, and... Read more

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Our Why

2. Getting Started

3. Learning to Interact

4. Communication Technology and Invitation

5. Devising and the Rehearsal Process

6. Aesthetic Design

7. Music and Sound

8. Performance Technology

9. Issues of Liveness

10. Ethical Considerations

11. Evaluation and Documentation

A Finale of Puns: The Oh-Fish-Al End

Appendix A. Dance Engine Word Prompts

Appendix B. Shark! Foundations for Interaction

Appendix C. Single Parameter Lighting Cues

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Alexis Bacon is an Associate Professor of Music Composition at Michigan State University. Her research interests include participatory music and theatre, acousmatic and real-time electronic music composition, and sound spatialization.

Michael S. Kraczek, is an Associate Professor of Theatre Design and Technology at Brigham Young University.  While specializing in lighting and scenic design his favorite role is working as a creative director on experimental performance projects. 

Kori Wakamatsu is a Teaching Professor of Dance at Brigham Young University.  She is the Dance Education K–12 Program Coordinator and her research inquiry includes interdisciplinary performance, belonging and inclusion, and teaching methodology.

Alison C. Dobbins is Professor of Theatre and Chair of Music, Theatre & Dance at Christopher Newport University.  She is a media designer focused on integrating elements of dance, media, music, theatre, and computer science in performance.