Centre for Contemporary Performance Practices (CCPP)

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The Centre for Contemporary Performance Practices (CCPP) is committed to making connections between academia and the world beyond. It investigates practice as a mode of research (Practice Research), asking questions about the relationships between performance practice and performance and cultural theory.

The expertise held within the centre has shaped national and international conversations concerning the intersections between practice, research and pedagogy. Members are experts in performer training, site-specific performance, ensemble theatre and vocal technique. Their practices include devising, directing, dramaturgy, performing and writing. CCPP currently hosts four staff-led performance companies (RedCape, ARTEL, Adrift Performance Makers, Wrights and Sites), and has been involved with the establishment of Exeter’s Maketank — an artist-led grassroots organisation with a mission to build a sustainable community-based platform for creativity and civic engagement.

The Centre’s companies perform across the world, receive prestigious arts funding and collaborate with academics and practitioners in a variety of national and international contexts.

CCPP research covers a range of thematic interests, including:

• Creative Industries
• International Pedagogies
• Class and Labour
• Visual Culture and Popular Performance
• Environments, Ecologies and Cities
• South Asian Performance and Diasporic Practices
• Race and Ethnicity
• Cultural Participation
• Voice, Sound and Music

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University of Exeter
Exeter