"Applied Theatre: Aesthetics" re-examines how the idea of 'the
aesthetic' is relevant to performance in social settings. The
disinterestedness that traditional aesthetics claims as a key
characteristic of art makes little sense when making performances
with ordinary people, rooted in their lives and communities, and
with personal and social change as its aim. Yet practitioners of
applied arts know that their work is not reducible to social work,
therapy or education. Reconciling the simultaneous autonomy and
heteronomy of art is the problem of aesthetics in applied arts.
Gareth White's introductory essay reviews the field, and proposes
an interdisciplinary approach that builds on new developments in
evolutionary, cognitive and neuro-aesthetics alongside the politics
of art. It addresses the complexities of art and the aesthetic as
everyday behaviours and responses. The second part of the book is
made up of essays from leading experts and new voices in the
practice and theory of applied performance, reflecting on the key
problematics of applying performance with non-performers. New and
innovative practice is described and interrogated, and fresh
thinking is introduced in response to perennial problems.
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