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For the first time, players will be permitted to wear Guardian Caps over their helmets during regular season games.
The second year of the Melbourne festival delivered talent and creativity in spades – leaving me disrupted, enlivened and uplifted.
Our research, spanning 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, found that for companies, better carbon management was linked to significantly lower financial risk.
The audience at opening night seemed appreciative and engaged in the story. Yet somehow I felt unsatisfied with various aspects.
Cringe, corny and awkward − what’s not to love?
Perth has had as many as five tributes to Oasis in recent years. As large concerts get more expensive and inaccessible, tributes will become even more important.
Women are increasingly present in top management positions, but they end up in so-called support functions, which rarely lead to CEO positions.
Hopefully, Academy Award winners will be chosen because voters believed in the actors’ performances − not because of some meta narrative about their off-screen behavior.
Sarah Nance uses geologic data and a variety of artistic media to help people think about their place in the landscapes they use and occupy.
This production by Western Australian interdisciplinary theatre makers Too Close to the Sun is an experiential encounter with the liminal space between life and death.
Synchronizing your daily activities to your circadian rhythm could help you improve your performance on a variety of cognitive tasks − and even influence diagnosis of cognitive disorders.
Comedians like Stephen Colbert might mock the entertainment mecca, but live theater is in too much of a crisis to dismiss the town’s formula of spectacle meets story.
The impact of divorce on job performance can be profound, affecting individuals on both personal and professional levels.
2023 sees the UK host the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine. But what role does the stage itself have to play in the musical spectacle?
Erving Goffman’s The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life is a ‘bible’ for scholars, voted a top 10 book of the 20th century. It also fascinated general readers, as a guide to social manners.
Longtime street performers in Old Montréal, a popular site for busking, feel as though the city is getting rid of them.
Living rough to prepare for a role. Abusing fellow actors to provoke an ‘authentic’ response … It’s easy to ridicule the Method but the truth of this approach to acting is far more complex.
Research highlights the importance of daily meditation, exercise and sleep for improving executive functioning, a component of attention that helps people focus.
Though it was exceedingly grating, the late comedian was able to perfect a sound that worked in tandem with his brand of humor.
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Professor of Psychology, California State University, Northridge
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Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University
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Senior Data Scientist, Victoria University
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Professor of Sports Science, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University
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Post Doctoral Fellow-School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in sport and performance psychology , University of Bath
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Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Professor of Marketing, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Science Communication (Popular Entertainment Studies / Pop Culture Studies), Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Associate, New York University
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Professor in Modern History, University of York
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Programs and Partnerships), Queensland University of Technology
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Professor in Sport, Bournemouth University
