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This book focuses on works with children who occupy various roles in performance practice that have been shown in UK contexts and festivals over the last two decades. It draws on case studies from theatre, performance, live art and dance that have been developed by a wide range of international artists and companies working within Europe.
List of contents
Part 1 Performing Children 1. The Problem Child of Contemporary Performance
Part 2 Reading Children 2. From Age Transvestism to Trans*-age Performance: On Children Playing Adults 3. The Child as Adult in
Five Easy Pieces 4. The Female-Girl-Child-Teenager in
The Hamilton Complex 5. From Gender to Age: A New Approach to Reading Age in Performance
Part 3 Experiencing Children 6. Queer(ing) Methodologies 7. The Embodied Child of
Blind Cinema 8. Growing Sideways Together: Zina Abaraonye and Sorrel Barnes on
Men and Girls Dance and
We Are Not Finished 9. The Child as Researcher and Archivist: Documenting
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About the author
Adele Senior is a Reader in Theatre and Performance at Leeds Beckett University.
Summary
This book focuses on works with children who occupy various roles in performance practice that have been shown in UK contexts and festivals over the last two decades. It draws on case studies from theatre, performance, live art and dance that have been developed by a wide range of international artists and companies working within Europe.
