List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Studying the Cognition of Memory in the Performing Arts- Pil Hansen and Bettina Bläsing (University of Calgary, Canada and Bielefeld University, Germany) PART I) Overview: Memory and the Performing Arts 2. Memory and Dance: 'Bodies of Knowledge' in Contemporary Dance - Catherine J. Stevens (Western Sydney University, Australia) Review of insights from experimental psychology 3. Memory in Music Listening and Performance - Jane Ginsborg (Royal Northern College of Music, UK) Cross-disciplinary review 4. Distributed Cognition, Memory and Theatrical Performance - Evelyn Tribble (University of Otago, New Zealand) Analytical theory construction and review PART II) Learning to Perform from Memory: Effects of Embodiment, Analysis and Expertise 5. Action, Memory and Meaning: Embodied Cognition and the Actor's Fictional Present - Rick Kemp (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA) Analytical theory construction 6. Learning Complex Actions Through Physical vs.
Observational Experience: Implications and Applications for Dance and Other Performing Arts - Dilini K. Sumanapala and Emily S. Cross (Bangor University, UK) Neurocognitive review and quantitative experiment 7. Analytical Aspects in Children's Performance of Music from Memory - Anna Maria Bordin (Conservatory of Genoa, Italy) Mixed methods behavioural experiment PART III) Re/Constructing Embodied Memories: Relationships between Memory and Self in Performance 8. Music Improvisation, Identity and Embodied Cognition - Robert J. Oxoby (University of Calgary, Canada) Quantitative, behavioural experiments 9. Dancing With a Bullet : Moving into Memory with Music - Vahri McKenzie (Edith Cowan University, Western Australia) Qualitative case study 10. Already Seen, Already Heard, Already Visited: Constructing the Experience of Déjà States within Live Intermedial Performance - Deidre McLaughlin and Joanne Scott ( The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK and University of Salford, UK) Practice as Research investigation Notes References Index.