Performing Democracy International Perspectives on Urban Community-Based Performance

Name: Performing Democracy International Perspectives on Urban Community-Based Performance
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ISBN: 9780472067602

ISBN-10: 0472067605

ISBN-13: 9780472067602

Edition: 2001

Authors: Susan Chandler Haedicke, Tobin Nellhaus

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Performing Democracy explores aspects of a developing form of performance that works to change social conditions for marginalized groups or to preserve the traditions and cohesion of the community. The book combines critical analysis with field reports on specific projects and productions to explore the issues that confront community-based performance. The range of topics is impressive, and includes performances in North America, Australia, the Middle East, Bosnia, Taiwan, Korea, England, and the Netherlands. Many articles include production photos. The book's first section focuses on how performance can contribute to the definition, creation, and preservation of community. Next,…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 7/2/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction




Defining Communities


Approaching the "Structure of Feeling" in Grassroots Theater



The Art of Bridge Building in Mostar



The Children of Tomorrow: Seattle Public Theater's Work with Homeless Youth



Art Party Vision: The People's Public Space as Social Acupuncture



Coalitions of Resistance: Ground Zero's Community Mobilization



Is This Theater Queer? The Mickee Faust Club and the Performance of Community




Authority in the Community-Based Theater Process


Making a Scene: Representational Authority and a Community-Centered Process of Script Development



Finding the Edge: Multiple Community Goals



Jodrikdrik Nan Jodrikdrik Ilo Ejmour: A Performing Arts Tradition Is Born



Dramatic Union: Workers' Theater in the 1990s



Discovering Seminal Stories: Community Theater as Cultural Memory



I Sing of Cities: The Musical Documentary



Dreams of a City: The East Palo Alto Project



Speaking across Communities: The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange




Empowering the Audience


Generations as Communities: Elders Share the Arts and Bushwick, Why Vote?



FrogWorks in Los Angeles



Puppets Doing Time in the Age of AIDS



Theater for the Next Generation: The Living Stage Theatre Company's Program for Teen Mothers



Preserving a Culture through Community-Based Performances in Cairo



Eskesta in Israel



Contemporary Madang Kut of South Korea



Yuyachkani: Remembering Community



No Safety Gear: Skate Girl Space and the Regeneration of Australian Community-Based Performance



Index