LEADER 05431oam 2200781I 450 001 9910465847703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613832320 010 $a1-283-51987-9 010 $a1-136-94308-0 010 $a0-203-84769-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203847695 035 $a(CKB)2560000000089403 035 $a(EBL)987864 035 $a(OCoLC)804661597 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000740877 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12311266 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000740877 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10720195 035 $a(PQKB)10274581 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000737235 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12341374 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737235 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10782504 035 $a(PQKB)10815651 035 $a(OCoLC)811383947 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC987864 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL987864 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10589015 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL383232 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000089403 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEngaging performance $etheatre as call and response /$fJan Cohen-Cruz 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-47213-X 311 $a0-415-47214-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Kinship among engaged performance practices; Purposes of writing this book; Book organization: centers of gravity of engaged performance; 1 Playwrighting: putting plays to use; Brecht's intellectually active spectator; Kushner's magical epic theatre; Angels in the context of a social movement; The post-social movement life of Angels; Community-informed adaptations; The unfaithful disciple; Workbook; 2 Specta(c)ting: theatre of the oppressed, orthodoxy and adaptation 327 $aThe system of theatre of the oppressedAdapting Boal; Semi-invisible theatre: magic that mystifies and reveals; The Joker System as Pedagogy and Performance; The Spirit of Boal in the Bronx; Activating the specta(c)tor; Workbook; 3 Self-representing: testimonial performance; Social call, cultural response; The testimonial process; Cultural democracy and self-representation; home land security as a testimonial performance; From self-representation to community action; Workbook; 4 Cultural organizing: multiple modes of communication; Creating cultural organizing tools 327 $aTheorizing culture as political strategyIntegrating artists and activists; Workbook; 5 Gathering assets: the art of local resources; The choice: top-down or bottom-up; Social capital and asset-based community organizing; The youth theatre workshop: adapting method to context; The art of cultural resources; Workbook; 6 Particularizing place: revitalizing cities and neighborhoods; Revitalizing downtowns; The Urban Video Project; Towards a participatory performance spectacle; Revitalizing urban neighborhoods; Efforts to create an arts district; Art and community-building 327 $aThe arts' contribution to urban developmentWorkbook; 7 Training: an engaged artist prepares; The dynamic triangle of a socially-engaged arts curriculum; Craft training; Scholarship in an engaged art education; Community engagement as a component of learning; Values and principles underlying training; Higher education as the site of engaged art pedagogy; Advantages of learning engaged art in higher education; Obstacles to situating engaged art training in higher education; Assessing engaged art education; The curriculum project interviewees; Workbook 327 $aAfterword: the centrality of relationships in engaging performanceAppendix; 1 Selected Adaptations, Cornerstone Theater; 2 Roadside Theater's Story Circle Methodology; 3 Values and Mission Statement, Community Arts and Higher Education Partnership; 4 Criteria, Syracuse Public Art Commission; 5 Resources from The Curriculum Project Research; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aEngaging Performance: Theatre as Call and Response presents a combined analysis and workbook to examine ""socially engaged performance."" It offers a range of key practical approaches, exercises, and principles for using performance to engage in a variety of social and artistic projects. AuthorJan Cohen-Cruz draws on a career of groundbreaking research and work within the fields of political, applied, and community theatre to explore the impact of how differing genres of theatre respond to social ""calls.""Areas highlighted include:playwri 606 $aTheater and society$zUnited States 606 $aCommunity theater$zUnited States 606 $aDrama in community development$zUnited States 606 $aDrama$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTheater and society 615 0$aCommunity theater 615 0$aDrama in community development 615 0$aDrama$xSocial aspects 676 $a306.4/8480973 700 $aCohen-Cruz$b Jan$f1950-,$0914702 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465847703321 996 $aEngaging performance$92130581 997 $aUNINA