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Performance as Research

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In this chapter, we describe the first of our five practice sessions. This first practice session focuses on the practice of the performance workshop.

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McRae, C., Huber, A. (2017). Performance as Research. In: Creating Performances for Teaching and Learning. Creativity, Education and the Arts. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54561-5_3

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