Australia's First University Press

Thinking In Four Dimensions

Creativity and Cognition in Contemporary Dance

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  • Published 15-02-2005
  • ISBN 9780522851458
  • Pages 220
  • Subjects Dance
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This collaboration between artists, choreographers, researchers, experimental psychologists and cognitive scientists investigates ways in which choreographers and performers make innovative, expressive movement, and audiences interpret what may well be a previously unmapped experience.

Thinking in Four Dimensions is the first book to address the cognitive processes that underpin the creation of new works of contemporary dance.

With case studies including data gathered from dance audiences as well as psychological analysis of new dance works, plus interviews with artists and video of performance pieces, Thinking in Four Dimensions is a unique package.


Catherine Stevens

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Catherine Stevens is a researcher at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development, Western Sydney University

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Robin Grove

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Robin Grove (1941-2012) was "a man for whom words, music and movement were a lifelong passion".
Robin won the ABC orchestral composition prize in 1957, and his two-act ballet score was presented at Her Majesty's, Ballarat in 1958. First training as a musician, Robin worked for Ballet Victoria for many years and both choreographed for…

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Shirley McKechnie

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Shirley McKechnie is a pioneer of contemporary dance in Australia and continues to be regarded as a seminal leader and scholar in dance and dance education.

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