The Routledge companion to theatre and young people. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Companion to theatre and young people; Theatre and young people
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Selina Busby, Kelly Freebody, Charlene Rajendran.
• Editors: Busby, Selina; Freebody, Kelly; Rajendran, Charlene
• Contents: 1. Introduction Selina Busby, Kelly Freebody and Charlene Rajendran Part 1: Political Utterances 2. Bodyliness in European applied theatre projects. Reflecting on the importance of inviting the body to the Workshop’s Room Gabriel Vivas-Mart ínez Reflection 1: On the Importance of Big Umbrellas: Applied Theatre as a Hopeful Practice in Precarious Times Kathleen Gallagher. 3. Becoming Giants: Towards Oceania Through Mastery of Bodily Skills and Techniques. Peilin Liang 4. Navigating Adultism in Critical Youth Theatre Practice Matthew Elliot Reflection 2: We are Still Here and Why We Do Theatre Mardin Mahmoudpour 5. The Manipulation of Mowgli: Performing Youth, Deconstructing Racialization, and Tracing Imperialism in The Jungle Book. Asif Majid 6. Shakespeare Youth Performance Festivals as Spaces for Postcolonial Restorying Jennifer Kitchen Reflection 3: What defines the dramaturgy of Young Peoples Theatre (YPYT) And who defines it? Janet Pillai 7. Performing Violence, devising Futures? Performance with and by Young People in Rwanda and Uganda Hope Azeda, Lillian Mbabazi, and Bobby Smith Reflection 4: Theatre to Raise a Village. Patrick Alesana, Irene Folau, Agnes Milford, et al. 8. Scotland’s Youth Theatre and Drama Sector. William D Barlow and Douglas Irvine Part 2: Critical Positioning 9. Arena Theatre Company: Making theatre with young people as a methodology for making theatre for young people Meg Upton, Richard Sallis, Christian Leavesley, et al. Reflection 5: Theatre Makes Me Think Again Kirubael Alebachew. 10. ‘Home Grown' Productions for Their Own Young People: Researching Community Theatre Groups in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Emma Durden 11. Re-thinking "theatre" during social distancing: How Cosmic Kids Yoga got us through a pandemic. Dani Snyder-Young, with Des Bennett, Anna Birnholz et al. 12. Theatre of Hope: PaGaSa in the Praxis of Youth Advocates Through Theatre Arts (YATTA) Dessa Quesada Palm and Jazmin Llana 13. Trials and Tribulations: Creating Theatre for Young Audiences With or Without Youth David Montgomery, Gina L. Grandi, Teresa A. Fisher et al. Reflection 6: At the Water’s Edge: Theatre as a Space for Reflection Theo Chen. 14. Between Past and Future: Edward Bond and he Representation of Adolescent Crisis Martin Heaney 15. The Imagined Child Onstage: Theatrical Depictions of Parental Grief during Transition for Youth on the Autism Spectrum Molly Mattaini Reflection 7: Theatre: the humanizing social metaphor. Sanjoy Ganguly 16. Access to Theatre for Young People in India: Thespo’s Journey through Change and Challenge from 1999 to 2021 Srishti Ray and Srividya 17. Verbatim Formula: Affect, Agency and Participatory Performance with Care-experienced Young People Maggie Inchley and Sylvan Baker Part 3: Pedagogic Frames 18. "Writing What Matters to me": Voicing Latinx Youth Concerns Through Theatre Scriptwriting Claudia G. Pineda, Rossella Santagata, and Joseph Jenkins. 19. Let Them Speak: Devised Theatre as a Culturally Responsive Methodology for Secondary Students Jonathan P. Jones. Reflection 8: A Chain of Creative Bombs Tom Anderson 20. Artistic and Pedagogical Experience at the Casa do Teatro, Brazil, and its Tradition Lígia Cortez. 21. Botanical Drama- Theatre for Young People Justine Marie Bruyère. Reflection 9: "But damn it, without the illusion, what would man have been then?" Stig A. Eriksson. 22. To the syllabus and Beyond: Yong People learning Through Theatre Making in Australian Schools. Katy Walsh and Christine Hatton 23. Introduction: Reflecting on making Drama in secondary schools. Jane Isobel Luton and Holly Charlotte Luton. Reflection 10: What’s it like your youth theatre like? Ella Sutton and Kate Sutton 24. Artist and teacher supported extra-curricular theatre in secondary schools: Exploring the benefits of a ‘betwixt and between’ youth theatre form Jennifer Penton, Julie Dunn, Linda Hassall, et al. 25. Making Space: a community-engaged youth theatre practice grounded in care. Alysha Herrmann, Claire Glenn and Sarah Peters. Part 4: Applying Performance Reflection 11: Dancing towards Dreams Helen Nicholson 26. ‘What does transformative justice look like?’: Clean Break Theatre Company and the Young Artists Development Programme Sarah Bartley 27. SExT: Sex Education by Theatre — Empowering youth from a community where sex is culturally taboo to take centre stage Shira B. Taylor Reflection 12: Theatre for Learning Expression and Empathy from the Margins Kisan Salbul and Sana Shaikh 28. ‘I do the story I tell’ – Theatre-making for children living on the margins in Singapore. Jennifer Wong 29. United we stand? Devised Theatre for Social Change with youth in a tumultuous America Elizabeth Brendel Horn and Tonya Hays 30. All the Stage is a World: Prospects for Virtual Reality Theatre with Young People Paul Rae and Jennifer Beckett Reflection 13: A Life Changing Journey in the Karoo, South Africa Adrian Tony 31. Young People’ s Theatre in Thailand: A Performance Ecology Approach Pornrat Damrhung 32. Imagining Alternative Futures for Marginalised Communities in Taiwan Through Devised Theatre with University Students in Educational and Community Settings Wan-Jung Wang Reflection 14: Moments of Truth John O’Toole Reflection 15: An Open Letter to Young Theatre Practitioners Syed Jamil Ahmed
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 792.0226; Children's theater
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000689129; 9781000689051; 9781003149965
• Related ISBNs: 9780367712433
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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