Theatre and learning / edited by Art Babayants, Heather Fitzsimmons Frey.
Contributor(s): Fitzsimmons Frey, Heather [editor.] | Babayants, Art [editor.].
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BookPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015Description: 236 p. ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781443872423.Subject(s): Education in the theatre | Drama in education
| Education in the theater | Theatre studies | Cognition & cognitive psychology | Society & culture: general | EducationDDC classification: 371.399 THE Summary: The relationships between learning and theatre have never been seen as straightforward, obvious, or without contradictions. This volume investigates the complexity of the intersection between them, addressing both its theoretical and practical aspects. Divided into three sections - 'Reflecting'; 'Risking'; and 'Re-imagining' - it brings together theatre researchers, education scholars, and theatre practitioners to consider the tensions, frictions and failures that make learning through theatre, in theatre and about theatre interesting, engaging, and challenging.
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As early as Plato, theorists acknowledged the power of theatre as a way of teaching young minds. Similarly, starting with Plato, philosophers occasionally adopted an anti-theatrical stance, worried by the "dangers" theatre posed to society. The relationships between learning and theatre have never been seen as straightforward, obvious, or without contradictions. This volume investigates the complexity of the intersection of theatre and learning, addressing both the theoretical and practical aspects of it. In three sections--Reflecting, Risking, and Re-imagining--theatre researchers, education scholars, and theatre practitioners consider the tensions, frictions and failures that make learning through theatre, in theatre and about theatre interesting, engaging, and challenging. Theatre and Learning originates from the proceedings of the 20th Festival of Original Theatre (F.O.O.T.), which took place in February 2012 at the University of Toronto. The book contains academic articles and interviews, as well as position, reflection and provocation papers from both established researchers in the field of Applied Theatre, such as Professor Helen Nicholson and Professor Kathleen Gallagher, as well as experienced and emergent scholars in Education, Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies. It also introduces the unorthodox work of the pre-eminent Swedish director and inventor of Babydrama, Suzanne Osten, to the academic audience. Theatre and Learning will be interesting to a wide range of audiences, such as theatre artists and students, theatre researchers and educators, and will be particularly useful for those teaching Theatre Theory and Practice, including Applied Theatre, in higher education.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The relationships between learning and theatre have never been seen as straightforward, obvious, or without contradictions. This volume investigates the complexity of the intersection between them, addressing both its theoretical and practical aspects. Divided into three sections - 'Reflecting'; 'Risking'; and 'Re-imagining' - it brings together theatre researchers, education scholars, and theatre practitioners to consider the tensions, frictions and failures that make learning through theatre, in theatre and about theatre interesting, engaging, and challenging.