Theatre & Dance Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
Now showing items 21-40 of 48
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An Application of Medieval Rhetorical Intervention to Dramatic Composition
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980-05) -
“Let Our Freak Flags Fly”: Shrek the Musical and the Branding of Diversity
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010-05)“’Let Our Freak Flags Fly’: Shrek the Musical and the Branding of Diversity” argues that DreamWorks used Shrek the Musical to exploit a generic theme of multiculturalism to extend the reach of the Shrek franchise and ... -
The "Brundibár" Project: Memorializing Theresienstadt Children's Opera
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Without Distinction of Age: The Pivotal Roles of Child Actors and Their Spectators in Nineteenth-Century Theatre
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Performance and Technology for the 58th Century
(MIT Press, 2011-08-16)“You know who else is Jewish?” is a question with a long history in American popular culture. How have contemporary forms of media distribution such as Web 2.0 changed the way American Jews ask and answer it? What does ... -
The Theatre Historian as Rock Star, or Six Axioms for a New Theatre History Text
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The Fashion of Democracy: September 11 and Africa
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Aesthetics of Yoruba Recreational Dances as Exemplified in the Oge Dance
(Congress on Research in Dance, 1989-09) -
A Feminist Dialogue on Theatre for Young Audiences through Suzan Zeder's Plays.
(Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, 1997)Klein and Austin share perceptions of Theatre for Young Audiences and discuss three plays by Suzan Zeder using feminist dramatic criticism. Zeder responded from her playwright's perspective. Subsequently, playwright James ... -
'Getting into the Head' of the Children's Theatre Actor
(New England Theatre Journal, 1992)Directing the children's theatre (or TYA) actor calls for special psychological strategies, especially during the performance run, when actors face their uninhibited, unpredictable child audiences. Research informed by ... -
Third Grade Children's Verbal and Visual Recall of Monkey, Monkey
(American Alliance for Theatre and Education, 1989)This reception study describes 45 third graders' "dramatic literacy" or comprehension of a performance about the Chinese Monkey King. The more children used visual cues (dramatic actions), the more they used verbal cues ... -
Paying Attention to Separations: Reflections on ASSITEJ/USA History
(2012-02-08)A reflective analysis of ASSITEJ/USA history reveals recurring themes of attention, identity, and problematic separations between practices and theories based on age constructs. -
Using Theatre to Heal Culture Wars in the United States
(2012-02-08)After explaining the socio-economic conditions of children in the United States, I explain how a performed play, Lily Plants a Garden by Jose Cruz Gonzalez, may help heal culture wars. -
Making Metaphors Matter
(2012-02-08)Theatre for Young Audiences relies on conceptual metaphors to reflect conflicts and resolutions in young lives. I offer some examples from my reception studies to show how children interpret verbal, visual, kinesthetic, ... -
Questioning Kitsch and the Myth of Future Theatre Audiences
(2012-02-08)Why do all too many TYA companies offer “kitsch” or trivial entertainment to young audiences? We believe that present child audiences deserve to experience the best possible theatre we can produce. -
Routing the Roots and Growth of the Dramatic Instinct
(2012-02-08)The idea of a “dramatic instinct” is routed from its nineteenth-century roots in early childhood education and child study psychology through early twentieth-century theatre education. This historically contextualized ... -
First Grade Children's Comprehension of Noodle Doodle Box
(American Alliance for Theatre and Education, 1990)Six-year-old children comprehended main ideas in an "absurdist" play in performance. -
ASSITEJ/USA Timeline
(ASSITEJ/USA, 2005)An outline history of the US chapter of ASSITEJ (International Association of Theatre for Young Audiences) from 1930 to 2005. -
Why Do Adults Bring Young People to Theatre?
(American Alliance for Theatre and Education, 1996)Twelve TYA companies answered a survey on why parents and teachers bring young people to theatre productions. -
Dramatic Responses to a Short Tree with Tall Ideas
(Canadian Children's Literature, 2007)