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WiSe 16/17: Techniken des amerikanischen Angewandten Theaters

Melanie Dreyer-Lude

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This seminar will investigate current American practice in Applied Theatre. Students will read excerpts from texts by Jan Cohen Cruz, James Thompson, Helen Nicholson, Monica Prendergast , Juliana Saxton, Anthony French, Jonothan Neelands, Tony Goode, Anthony Jackson, and Michael Rhod. Students will discuss the challenges of creating community-based projects in an international context and consider the opportunities for artists wishing to work in Applied Theatre in Germany. Using the current refugee situation as subject, students will visit a refugee camp and conduct some of the primary exercises used in creating community-based theatre projects. Texts from which we will read excerpts: Local Acts - Jan Cohen Cruz Engaging Performance - Jan Cohen Cruz Applied Theatre: Bewilderment and Beyond - James Thompson Applied Drama - Helen Nicholson Applied Theatre: International Case Studies and Challenges for Practice - Monica Prendergast and Juliana Saxton Structuring Drama Work - Jonothan Neelands and Tony Goode Theatre, Education and the Making of Meanings: Art or Instrument? - Anthony Jackson Theatre for Community Conflict and Dialogue: The Hope Is Vital Training Manual - Michael Rohd close