A Reassessment of the Aesthetics of Audience Response and Audience-Performer Interaction in the Theatrical Event: The Transpersonal Paradigm

There is a lack of serious critical thought regarding the audience and audience-performer interaction in the theatrical performance. There also is an impasse in research into these matters today. No empirical study of audience-actor interaction during the performance has been able to demonstrate significant effects of such interaction, and, due to the demise of direct-action audience participational avant-garde productions in the 1970s, a degree of misunderstanding surrounding concepts of audience participation has surfaced. Yet, a considerable number of professional actors have described their experiences of a deeply spiritual, almost mystical interaction with their audiences which is at odds with our traditional scientific paradigm of communicational possibilities.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theatre

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Kubler, John Albert

• Theater

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8721682

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71120