Introduction.- Part I. Collaborations with the Very Young.- Ch.1 Performing Arts and Early Years.- Ch. 2 Research, Play, and Performance: Adults and Very Young Children as Co-Devisers.- Ch.

3 The Role of Aesthetic Performance Experiences for the Young in Making Meaning of their World.- Ch. 4 Dramaturgy of the Audience: The Creation of Immersion and Participation in Theatre for Early Years.- Part II. Case Studies.- Ch. 5 Meaningful Relationships and Performing for Early Years in Canada.- Ch.

6 Performing Arts for Early Years: A Political and Latin American ActCh. 6 Sensory Splendor: Aesthetic Exploration in Taiwanese Theatre for the Very Young.- Ch. 7 The Growth of the Early Years Sector in Ireland.- Ch. 8 How Does Stillness Speak to Very Young Children?.- Ch. 9 Appealing to the Senses, Appealing to Humanity.

- Ch. 10 Beyond the Shadows: The Aesthetic Potentials of Traditional Shadow Puppetry in Contemporary Practice with Aboriginal Artists and the (Very) Young.- Part III. Theory and Practice.- Ch. 11 Emotional Self Agency Through Theatrical Experience in Early Years.- Ch. 12 "Do Words Matter in Performance for Early Years?.

- ch. 13 Towards Sensuous Ecologies: Neurodiversity and Complex Embodiment in Choreography for Young Audiences.- Ch. 14 The Relation Between Cognition and Emotion in Theatre for Early Years: How Meaning Is Made.