The applied theatre artist : responsivity and expertise in practise /

This book analyses the work of applied theatre practitioners using a new framework of ‘responsivity’ to make visible their unique expertise. In-depth investigation of practice combines with theorisation to provide a fresh view of the work of artists and facilitators. Case studies are drawn from comm...

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Huvudupphov: Hepplewhite, Kay (Författare)
Publicerad:Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
©2020
Språk:Engelska
Fysisk beskrivning:x, 229 sidor
Beskrivning:Innehåller bibliografiska referenser och index
Sammanfattning:This book analyses the work of applied theatre practitioners using a new framework of ‘responsivity’ to make visible their unique expertise. In-depth investigation of practice combines with theorisation to provide a fresh view of the work of artists and facilitators. Case studies are drawn from community contexts: with women, mental health service users, refugees, adults with a learning disability, older people in care, and young people in school. Common skills and qualities are given a vocabulary to help define applied theatre work, such as awareness, anticipation, adaptation, attunement, and responsiveness. ?The Applied Theatre Artist is of scholarly, practical, and educational interest. The book offers detailed analysis of how skilled theatre artists make in-action decisions within socially engaged participatory projects. Rich description of in-session activity reveals what workshop facilitators actually do and how they think, offering a rare focus in applied theatre
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Deweyklassifikation:792.022
SAB-klassifikation:Ikab
ISBN:9783030472702
Format: Bok
Länkar: Omslagsbild
Innehåll:
  • Introducing responsivity and the applied theatre practitioner ; The applied theatre artist as responsive educator: grafted expertise and a search for the "golden nugget" ; The applied theatre practitioner as responsive activist: the personal is political in a feminist approach ; The applied theatre practitioner as responsive clown: a "beautiful mistake" in learning disability theatre ; The applied theatre artist as responsive dialogue: the art of doing little in a creative ageing project ; The applied theatre practitioner as responsive performer: defining the role in work with young people ; Responsivity and the development of the applied theatre practitioner