Inclusive Dramaturgies - A Place called Maze
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posted on 2019-06-10, 00:00 authored by Magda MirandaInclusive Dramaturgies - A Place called Maze
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The BurrowStart date
2019-06-10End date
2019-06-12Language
engResearch statement
Building on earlier research (Dennis 2010, Dennis 2002), this investigation troubles assumptions about theatre making when engaging artists with learning disabilities. It investigates a sensory dramaturgy that optimises participation in the making of visually impactful theatre in which audience and performer are ‘emancipated’ to form their own meaning[1]. The creative practice research forged a methodology that intersected with the artistic practices of collaborators, director Magda Miranda, and co-creators (for full list of contributors see https://lamama.com.au/whats-on/explorations-2019/a-place-called-maze/). Over three years participants engaged in performance activities that resisted linguistically dominant practices informed by the research question: How does the dramaturge enable sensory meaning and foster reflexivity on who decides what meanings are valid and how that meaning is enacted in theatre practice with disabled participants? The result is a 55-minute live performance incorporating movement, sound, textiles and objects to foreground affective aesthetic meaning[2]. A pilot version of the work previewed at the Walker Street Gallery in Dandenong in 2017, after which further research included additional participants. Performed in LaMama Theatre’s Exploration Festival 2018 (delayed due to fire). See also http://www.fusiontheatre.com.au/a-place-called-maze.html The research is informing two forthcoming peer reviewed publications Non-linguistic meaning in actor training with neurodiverse young people (Intellect, forthcoming) and The Inclusive Drama Studio: (Routledge, for 2021). ________________________________________ [1] Rancière, Jacques. The Emancipated Spectator. Trans. Gregory Elliott. London: Verso, 2011 [2008]. [2] Johnson, Mark. The Aesthetics of Meaning and Thought. The Bodily Roots of Philosophy, Science, Morality, and Art, The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 2018.Publication classification
J2 Minor original creative workExtent
PerformanceEditor/Contributor(s)
Raphael J, Santucionne A, Dennis R, Mallis A, Koh M, Low REvent
A Place Called MazePublisher
La Mama TheatrePlace of publication
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