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Chapter 7 - Analysing Immersive Performance through Lived Bricolage

from Part II - Doing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2024

By
Julia M. Ritter
Edited by
Tracy C. Davis  and
Paul Rae
Tracy C. Davis
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois
Paul Rae
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
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Summary

This chapter draws on experiences of mixing methods in the interdisciplinary research of dance, choreography, immersive performance/participatory performance, and fandom. Reflecting on the methods employed in the author’s book Tandem Dances: Choreographing Immersive Performance, the chapter treats the research process as improvisational and compositional, emerging in tandem with the work being researched. These methods include audience research, choreographic analysis, participant observation, and analysing media content. The aim of the chapter is to make the research process explicit so other researchers might apply a similarly compositional approach in audience research in other performance contexts.

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improvisationbricolagechoreographyimmersive performancefandom
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The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies , pp. 146 - 164
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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