This core text offers insight into theatre-making that takes place in communities across the world. Offering an overview of the theory that underpins practice in applied drama, this thought-provoking text outlines practices in the context of contemporary political and theoretical concerns. It considers the role of artists who work in challenging settings, including prisons, schools, hostels for the homeless, care homes for the elderly and on the street. In so doing, the book poses critical questions about the aesthetics and ethics of applied theatre. It also invites debate about the environments in which applied theatre takes place.
Written by an experienced academic in the field, this lively text is the ideal introductory text for students on Applied Theatre degree programmes and those taking Applied Theatre modules on Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies programmes. It is also essential reading for practitioners of applied theatre looking for a comprehensive insight into theatre-making and its impact in an increasingly globalized world.
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It also invites debate about the environments in which applied theatre takes place. Written by an experienced academic in the field, this lively text is the ideal introductory text for students on Applied Theatre degree programmes and those taking Applied Theatre modules on Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies programmes.
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Acknowledgements
General Editors' Preface
1. An Introduction to Applied Drama, Theatre and Performance
PART I: PARTICIPATION AND PRAXIS
2. The Practice of Citizenship
3. Pedagogies, Praxis and Performance
PART II: NARRATIVES AND NARRATIVITY
4. Narrative and the Gift of Storytelling
5. Community Narratives: Space, Place and Time
PART III: CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
6. Creativity and Social Intervention
7. Human Rights in Performance
PART IV: EPILOGUE
8. The Gift of Theatre
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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Applied Drama offers an insight into theatre-making that takes place in communities across the world. It considers the role of artists who work in challenging settings, including prisons, schools, hostels for the homeless, care homes for the elderly and on the street. In this updated second edition, Helen Nicholson provides vivid new examples of practice, and addresses twenty-first century concerns about the environments in which applied theatre takes place. Ideal for students and practitioners, this lively study poses critical questions about the aesthetics and ethics of applied theatre. It invites debate about the social role of theatre, and explores how interventionist theatre might maintain its radicalism in an increasingly globalized world.
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"An illuminating, thought-provoking and very enjoyable read, this book continues to be one of the strongest in the field." - Christina Marin, Emerson College, USA
"An illuminating, thought-provoking and very enjoyable read, this book continues to be one of the strongest in the field." - Christina Marin, Emerson College, USA
A coherent framework of chapters, progressing from questions about citizenship and pedagogy (discussed in part 1), to narrative (discussed in part 2), to theories of creativity and social justice (discussed in part 3)
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781137003959
Publisert
2015-09-17
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Red Globe Press
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
222
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