Engaging performance : theatre as call and response / / Jan Cohen-Cruz |
Autore | Cohen-Cruz Jan <1950-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/8480973 |
Soggetto topico |
Theater and society - United States
Community theater - United States Drama in community development - United States Drama - Social aspects - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786613832320
1-283-51987-9 1-136-94308-0 0-203-84769-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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
The 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 Theorizing 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 The 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 Afterword: 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465847703321 |
Cohen-Cruz Jan <1950-, > | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Engaging performance [[electronic resource] ] : theatre as call and response / / Jan Cohen-Cruz |
Autore | Cohen-Cruz Jan <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, England ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 pages) ; : illustrations |
Disciplina | 306.4/8480973 |
Soggetto topico |
Theater and society - United States
Community theater - United States Drama in community development - United States Drama - Social aspects - United States |
ISBN |
9780203847695
9780415472135 9780415472142 1-136-94307-2 9786613832320 1-283-51987-9 1-136-94308-0 0-203-84769-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Introduction; Kinship among engaged performance practices; Purposes of writing this book; Book organization: centers of gravity of engaged performance --
Introduction -- 1. Playwrighting: Putting plays to use -- 2. Specta(c)ting: Theatre of the oppressed, orthodoxy and adaptation -- 3. Self-representing: Testimonial performance -- 4. Cultural organizing: Multiple modes of communication -- 5. Gathering assets: The art of local resources -- 6. Particularizing place: Revitalizing cities and neighborhoods -- 7. Training: An engaged artist prepares -- Afterword: The centrality of relationships in engaging performance -- APPENDIX -- 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791926903321 |
Cohen-Cruz Jan <1950-> | ||
Abingdon, England ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Engaging performance : theatre as call and response / / Jan Cohen-Cruz |
Autore | Cohen-Cruz Jan <1950-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, England ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 pages) ; : illustrations |
Disciplina | 306.4/8480973 |
Soggetto topico |
Theater and society - United States
Community theater - United States Drama in community development - United States Drama - Social aspects - United States |
ISBN |
9780203847695
9780415472135 9780415472142 1-136-94307-2 9786613832320 1-283-51987-9 1-136-94308-0 0-203-84769-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Introduction; Kinship among engaged performance practices; Purposes of writing this book; Book organization: centers of gravity of engaged performance --
Introduction -- 1. Playwrighting: Putting plays to use -- 2. Specta(c)ting: Theatre of the oppressed, orthodoxy and adaptation -- 3. Self-representing: Testimonial performance -- 4. Cultural organizing: Multiple modes of communication -- 5. Gathering assets: The art of local resources -- 6. Particularizing place: Revitalizing cities and neighborhoods -- 7. Training: An engaged artist prepares -- Afterword: The centrality of relationships in engaging performance -- APPENDIX -- 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817393503321 |
Cohen-Cruz Jan <1950-> | ||
Abingdon, England ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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