Working with Children in Contemporary Performance - Sarah Austin

Working with Children in Contemporary Performance

Ethics, Agency and Affect

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Buch | Softcover
174 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-45962-2 (ISBN)
44,85 inkl. MwSt
This book outlines how an innovative ‘rights-based’ model of contemporary performance practice can be used when working with children and young people.

This model, framed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), challenges the idea of children as vulnerable and in need of protection, argues for the recognition of the child’s voice, and champions the creativity of children in performance. Sarah Austin draws on rich research and practitioner experience to analyse Youth Arts pedagogies, inclusive theatre practice, models of participation, the symbolic potential of the child in performance, and the work of contemporary theatre practitioners making work with children for adult audiences. The combined practical and written research reflected in this book offers a new, nuanced understanding of children as cultural agents, raising the prospect of a creative process that foregrounds deeper considerations of the strengths and capacities of children.

This book would primarily appeal to scholars of theatre and performance studies, specifically those working in the field of applied theatre and theatre for children and young people. Additionally, the practice-based elements of the book are likely to appeal to theatre professionals working in youth arts or theatre for young audiences or associated fields.

Sarah Austin is a Lecturer in Theatre (Contemporary) and the Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia. She is also an award-winning artist, with specific expertise in working with children and young people in contemporary performance in Australia, Singapore, Germany, and the UK.

Section I. Introduction 1. Outlining Key Terms and Frameworks 2. Historical and Pedagogical Models of Children in Performance Section II. 3. The Symbolic Child and Children in Performance for Adult Audiences 4. Children, Agency, Authenticity, and Contemporary Performance Section III. 5. Case Study: Fraught Outfit’s Book of Exodus Part I 6. Case Study: Establishing a Rights-Based Framework of Practice: Making The Cabin! 7. Conclusion. Appendix. Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 8 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 340 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Medizin / Pharmazie Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie Ergotherapie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik
ISBN-10 1-032-45962-X / 103245962X
ISBN-13 978-1-032-45962-2 / 9781032459622
Zustand Neuware
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