(Syn)aesthetics

LINDA BASSETT Internationally Renowned British Actress BODIES IN FLIGHT Formed in 1990 by Choreographer Sara Giddens and Writer Simon Jones, and makes Interdisciplinary Performance Work GLYN CANNON British Playwright MARISA CARNESKY Olivier Award-Winning Performance Artist and Show-Woman who has Presented Performance Events Internationally CURIOUS Formed in 1996 by Leslie Hill and Helen Paris, and has Produced many Projects in a Range of Disciplines including Performance, Installation, Publication and Film AKRAM KHAN Acclaimed Choreographer and Artistic Director of Akram Khan Dance Company, formed in 2000 KWAME KWEI-ARMAH British Actor, Broadcaster, Columnist, Director and Playwright JO MCINNES Performer in Theatre, Film and Television and currently runs her own Production Company PUNCHDRUNK The UK's Leading Exponent of Immersive Theatre, and Produces Original Works of Installation Performance JENNY SEALEY Artistic Director of Graeae, a Disabled-Led Theatre Company that Profiles the Skills of Actors, Writers and Directors with Physical and Sensory Impairments SHUNT Collective of Ten Artists creating Large-Scale Performance Events throughout London, UK NAOMI WALLACE Playwright, Screenwriter and Poet

A timely book that identifies the practice of '(syn)aesthetics' in artistic style and audience response, which helps to articulate the power of experiential practice in the arts. This exciting new approach includes interviews with leading practitioners in of theatre, dance, site-specific work, live art and technological performance practice.A timely book that identifies the practice of '(syn)aesthetics' in artistic style and audience response, which helps to articulate the power of experiential practice in the arts. This exciting new approach includes interviews with leading practitioners in of theatre, dance, site-specific work, live art and technological performance practice.