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Redefining "Spontaneity"

This is a revised paper published as a chapter in the book of collected papers titled "THEATRUM MUNDI. International Perspectives", published by ADU, Zagreb 2015. The paper has been first presented at 14th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF THEATRE CRITICS' & SCHOLARS held on May 26th and 27th 2012 in Novi Sad (Serbia), within the scope of The 57th Sterijino Pozorje, Festival of National Drama and Theatre, in collaboration with International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC). This paper is an attempt at cross-disciplinary understanding of the concept of spontaneity. It combines insights from performance theory with systems theory and neurobiology. However, we are aware of the major shift in research methodology from technical to more contextual and pragmatic approach. We think that purely theoretical insight into spontaneity proves inadequate when it comes to analyzing performing arts – and thus open up room for new applied methods for the social sciences and performance analysis based on research in practice. This paper is divided into three parts. In the Introductory remarks we discuss the illusion of spontaneity in representational and non-representational systems of acting ; we point to the everlasting tension between theory and practice and distinguish between the notions of spontaneity and improvisation.

improvisation, spontaneity, performance studies, aesthetics, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive musicology, acting theory, systems theory, theatre studies

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