1st Edition
Experiments in Immersive, One-to-One Performance Understanding Audience Experience through Sensory Engagement
By Natalia Esling
Copyright 2025
174 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
174 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
174 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book investigates audience experience through the lens of sensory engagement in immersive, one-to-one performance.
It presents a distinct, practice-based research (PBR) framework – a performance research ‘laboratory’ – designed to evaluate the effects on diverse audience experiences of two ‘sense-specific manipulations’: eye masks and touch. Through a qualitative analysis of... Read more
Part I: Theorizing, Practising, Framing 1. Setting the Stage 2. Sensitizing Audience Participants (Performance Case Studies) 3. Conceptualizing (the) Dramaturgical Research(er) Part II: Measuring And Evaluating ‘Audience Experience’ 4. Designing the Performance Research Laboratory 5. Understanding the Impact of Eye Masks 6. Understanding the Impact of Touch 7. Conclusion
Biography
Natalia Esling is an independent scholar who has done postdoctoral research in Theatre Studies at the University of British Columbia.
