ABSTRACT
The Routledge Companion to Applied Performance provides an in-depth, far-reaching and provocative consideration of how scholars and artists negotiate the theoretical, historical and practical politics of applied performance, both in the academy and beyond.
These volumes offer insights from within and beyond the sphere of English-speaking scholarship, curated by regional experts in applied performance. The reader will gain an understanding of some of the dominant preoccupations of performance in specified regions, enhanced by contextual framing. From the dis(h)arming of the human body through dance in Colombia to clowning with dementia in Australia, via challenges to violent nationalism in the Balkans, transgender performance in Pakistan and resistance rap in Kashmir, the essays, interviews and scripts are eloquent testimony to the courage and hope of people who believe in the power of art to renew the human spirit.
Students, academics, practitioners, policy-makers, cultural anthropologists and activists will benefit from the opportunities to forge new networks and develop in-depth comparative research offered by this bold, global project.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction to volume one
part I|70 pages
Australia and New Zealand
part II|62 pages
The Balkans
chapter 6|11 pages
Performing the otherness
chapter 10|14 pages
In search of polyphonic concepts of participatory theatre and art for social change
chapter 11|9 pages
Giving voice to the voiceless
part III|76 pages
North America
chapter 13|9 pages
We are here
chapter 14|8 pages
Applied performance practices of therapeutic clowns
chapter 15|7 pages
Playback Theatre conductor as ritual guide
chapter 18|8 pages
Questioning social justice
part IV|72 pages
Latin America
chapter 26|10 pages
Latent conflict or latency in conflict
part V|70 pages
Southern Africa
chapter 29|11 pages
Romio ndi Julieti (Romeo and Juliet)
chapter 32|10 pages
Applied performance as a space to address issues affecting girls and young women in Zimbabwe
chapter 33|16 pages
Applied arts in business contexts
part VI|86 pages
Western Europe