'Memory in two voices:' an aesthetics of care in performance groups for older adults. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blair, Kelsey
• Is Part Of: Research in drama education. Volume 24:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 67
• Page End: 71
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Aesthetics of care -- queer performance -- dementia -- applied theatre -- seniors; Drama in education -- Periodicals; Drama -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 792.071
• DOI: 10.1080/13569783.2018.1535271
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1356-9783

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This short essay uses James Thompson's aesthetics of care to examine 'Memory in Two Voices', a multi-vocal poetry performance about dementia by long-time lesbian partners Chris Morrissey and Bridget Coll. Noting how Chris and Bridget's years-long tenure in the Queer Imaging and Riting Kollective for Elders, an arts and performance group based in Vancouver, Canada, gave the women the emotional and artistic resources to respond to Bridget's dementia diagnosis, I suggest that an aesthetics of care can be beneficial in long-term arts and performance groups for seniors and older adults.