Amid increased competition for viewers’ attention, cinemas may be returning to earlier histories by attending carefully to people’s multi-sensory experiences.
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What do YouTuber influencer videos about being ‘cancelled’ share with 17th-century texts? Both were crafted directly in response to audiences in new social spaces.
The language of dance is often lost on a general audience. Now new research has used sensor suits to discover patterns of movement-based communication in ballet performance.
Up to the mid-18th century, audience members could actually sit on stage alongside the performers.
Theatre and audiences are slowly beginning to share the same airspace again. We are freshly conscious of breath, but it has always been intimately linked with the dramatic arts.
A night at the theatre may now mean holding up props over Zoom, a peek into other people’s houses or being personally walked through a customized mystery over the phone.
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Assistant Professor, Dan School of Drama and Music, Queen's University, Ontario
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Research Associate, Loughborough University
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Assistant Professor, Department of English, Concordia University
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Elia Scholar, PhD Student, York University, Canada
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Reader in Linguistics and Multimodality, Loughborough University
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Associate Professor, Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media, University of Manitoba
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Director of Learning and Teaching at Excelsia University College and Research Affiliate, University of Sydney
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Professor, University of Toronto