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Informationen zum Autor Richard Boon is Professor of Performance Studies at the School of Performance and Cultural Industries! University of Leeds. Jane Plastow is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the Workshop Theatre! School of English! University of Leeds. Klappentext Working from a multi-cultural perspective! this book explores the value of performance as an agent of social change! and makes its arguments through the close examination of the success--not always complete--of specific projects in their practical and cultural contexts. Practitioners and commentators inquire as to how performance in its broadest context can play a part in community activism by helping communities find their own creative voices. Zusammenfassung Theatre and Empowerment examines the ability of drama! theatre! dance and performance to empower communities of very different kinds. Working from a multi-cultural perspective! the book explores the value of performance as an agent of social change! asking how it can help disempowered communities find their own creative voices. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Richard Boon and Jane Plastow; 1. The Wedding community play project: a cross-community production in Northern Ireland Gerri Moriarty; 2. Il Teatro Povero di Monticchiello, Italy Richard Andrews; 4. 'What happened to you today that reminded you that you were a black man?': the process of exploring black British masculinities in performance Michael Macmillan; 5. Wielding the cultural weapon after apartheid: Bongani Linda's Victory Sonqoba Theatre Company, South Africa Stephanie Marlin-Curiel; 6. Dance and transformation: the Adugna Community Dance Theatre, Ethiopia Jane Plastow; 7. The day of mourning/Pilgrim Progress in Plymouth, USA: contesting processions: a report on performance, personification and empowerment Ricardo Villanueva; 8. South Asia's Child Rights Theatre for Development: the empowerment of children who are marginalised, disadvantaged and excluded Michael Etherton; 9. Theatre - a space for empowerment: celebrating Jana Sanskriti's experience in India Sanjoy Ganguly....
