Unexpected Upsurges
At a performance of The Millionairess this week at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake ON, an unplanned upsurge of the real occurred when the stage lights went out unexpectedly twice […]
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Objects in the Spotlight
I dropped in at the Stratford Festival 60th season exhibit on Downie Street yesterday morning. The conviction that museums and similar archival exhibits are a perfect example of our attraction […]
Defining the field
Defining the field is one of the primary objectives of this research program. There are numerous terms already in use when talking about performance that includes real elements and each […]
McDonald’s Canadian Olympic Ad
OK. I wasn’t planning on posting a blog today but… I am working on a summary of this research project for the SSHRC Insight Grant. (The Notice of Intent is […]
Applying Cognitive Science to Performance part 3
Some cognitive image schemas originate in sensory experience in the world. An example of a sensorimotor inflected schema is simple verticality. As humans, we are creatures with a definite up […]
Upsurges of the Real: a performance research blog 