Improvisation Methods and Practices in Southeast Asia: Music, Dance and Theatre - Paperback

by Darren Moore (Editor), Stephanie Burridge (Editor)

This collection explores the multifaceted role of improvisation, from rehearsal to performance, teaching to learning within the Southeast Asian performing arts scene. It demonstrates how improvisation can be used in practice through diverse theoretical perspectives, innovative methods and idiosyncratic strategies.

Author Biography

Darren Moore (DMA) is a senior lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore. He is an internationally recognised drummer whose practice aims to generate new ideas concerning improvisation, multidisciplinary collaboration, and experimental music practice.

Stephanie Burridge (PhD) is a research consultant at LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore and is a choreographer, performer, and dance writer. She is Series Editor for Routledge anthologies Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific and Perspectives on Dance, Young People and Change, the latter co-edited with Charlotte Svendler Nielsen.