Simon Murray is a performer, director and academic. He is currently Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK, where he taught Theatre Studies and Contemporary Performance until retiring in 2023. He is the author of Jacques Lecoq (2018), Performing Ruins (2020), Mime into Physical Theatre: a UK Cultural History 1970-2000 (with Mark Evans) (2023), and was co-founder and co-editor (until 2016) of the Theatre, Dance and Performance Training (TDPT) journal.John Keefe is a director, dramaturg and academic. He is currently a Senior Lecturer and Academic Mentor in the AAD School, London Metropolitan University, UK. He is the author of papers on neurocognition and spectatorship in theatres, and Staging and Re-cycling: Retrieving, Reflecting and Re-framing the Archive (with Knut Ove Arntzen) (2023).

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• Introduction 1. Genesis, Contexts, Namings 2. Routes: Roots 3. Contemporary Practices 4. Preparation and Training 5. Physicality and the Word 6. Bodies and Cultures 7. The Body and Technology 8. Conclusion by Way of Lexicon

Simon Murray is a performer, director and academic. He is currently Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK, where he taught Theatre Studies and Contemporary Performance until retiring in 2023. He is the author of Jacques Lecoq (2018), Performing Ruins (2020), Mime into Physical Theatre: a UK Cultural History 1970-2000 (with Mark Evans) (2023), and was co-founder and co-editor (until 2016) of the Theatre, Dance and Performance Training (TDPT) journal.John Keefe is a director, dramaturg and academic. He is currently a Senior Lecturer and Academic Mentor in the AAD School, London Metropolitan University, UK. He is the author of papers on neurocognition and spectatorship in theatres, and Staging and Re-cycling: Retrieving, Reflecting and Re-framing the Archive (with Knut Ove Arntzen) (2023).

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• Introduction 1. Genesis, Contexts, Namings 2. Routes: Roots 3. Contemporary Practices 4. Preparation and Training 5. Physicality and the Word 6. Bodies and Cultures 7. The Body and Technology 8. Conclusion by Way of Lexicon

Simon Murray is a performer, director and academic. He is currently Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK, where he taught Theatre Studies and Contemporary Performance until retiring in 2023. He is the author of Jacques Lecoq (2018), Performing Ruins (2020), Mime into Physical Theatre: a UK Cultural History 1970-2000 (with Mark Evans) (2023), and was co-founder and co-editor (until 2016) of the Theatre, Dance and Performance Training (TDPT) journal.John Keefe is a director, dramaturg and academic. He is currently a Senior Lecturer and Academic Mentor in the AAD School, London Metropolitan University, UK. He is the author of papers on neurocognition and spectatorship in theatres, and Staging and Re-cycling: Retrieving, Reflecting and Re-framing the Archive (with Knut Ove Arntzen) (2023).

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• Introduction 1. Genesis, Contexts, Namings 2. Routes: Roots 3. Contemporary Practices 4. Preparation and Training 5. Physicality and the Word 6. Bodies and Cultures 7. The Body and Technology 8. Conclusion by Way of Lexicon