Being There: After-Proceedings of the 2006 Conference of the Australasian Association for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies: Recent submissions
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Evolution, Mutation and Hybridity in Bio-Performance Practice: Wet Biology and Hybrid Arts in the Performance/Installation 'BioHome—The Chromosome Knitting Project'
Published 2008-06-17In this paper I explore the influence of ‘Wet Biology’ practices on the development of my durational performance work 'BioHome: the Chromosome Knitting Project' at research, rehearsal, performance and documentation stages. ...Open AccessConference paper -
The New Woman in the New World: Ibsen in Australia 1889-1891
Published 2008-06-17In 1889, when Janet Achurch brought 'A Doll’s House' by Henrik Ibsen to Australian and New Zealand audiences for the first time, there was an expectation that this play would send shock waves throughout the Antipodes as ...Open AccessConference paper -
Dance, Mimesis, consciousness and the Imagination
Published 2008-06-17One of the primary assumptions of dance studies is that dance as an art only exists in the moment of movement and as a result it is transmitted, in a form of mimesis, directly from the body of the teacher to that of the ...Open AccessConference paper -
Performing Confessions: Making Sense Afterwards of Field Immersion
Published 2008-06-17“You have to create a fiction about yourself to make sense to people. I never lied; but I had to tell a story.” Joanne Good, a 42-year-old anthropology postgraduate, spent seven years in a rural Indonesian village conducting ...Open AccessConference paper -
A Practice of Faith: Actors and Rehearsal (A Tragedy in One Act)
Published 2008-06-17An Australian actor completes actor training, leaves drama school, and accepts low-skilled, casual employment while he begins auditioning for performance roles. Finally he lands a role in a theatre production. What does ...Open AccessConference paper