Youth and Performance: Perceptions of the Contemporary Child

Edited by Geesche Wartemann, Tülin Saglam and Mary McAvoy.

This publication is the outcome of the 3rd International Theatre for Young Audiences Research (ITYARN) conference in conjunction with an ASSITEJ World Congress and Festival held in Warsaw, Poland in 2014. Its 15 contributions address aesthetic experiences and concepts of childhood in an intercultural and methodically diverse dialogue. Contents: M. van de Water: Technology, Pop Culture, and The Classics, or, What and Why for Whom? - G. Wartemann: Contemporary Models and Reasons for Children's and Young People's Participation in Theatre. - J. E. Chang/Y. A. Choi: Perception of the Contemporary Child and Theatre for the Very Young. - T. Maguire: The Context and Practice of TYA in Contemporary Northern Ireland. - S. E. Woodson: Building Third Space in United States Theatre for Youth. - L. Garcia: Theatre for and with Children from North Texas. The Valuing of Community Memory in the Face of Power. - M. Giles: Performing Cultural Anxieties and Cultural Difference in Arizona State University's "There Was and There Wasn't". - P. Merisio: Reception Experiences in the Theatre for Children. - A. Guerrero: Theatre in Rough Neighborhoods. - M. Petkovic Liker/I. Gruic: Children's Reception of a High-Pitched Voice of Reduced Expressive Power in Theatre. - B. Fletcher-Watson: New Developments in Theatre for Unborn Children. - H. Y. Hwang: Translating "Yellow Moon" for Contemporary Korean Young Audiences. - M. McAvoy: "Pussy Riot" and "Riot Grrrl" as Performative Girl Resistance. - C. Hatton: Interrogating Girl to Girl Violence through Theatre and Drama. - T. Simone: Towards a Collaborative Theatre for Deaf and Blind Youth. 208 Seiten mit 16 Abb., broschiert (Medien und Theater. Neue Folge; Band 13/Olms Verlag 2015)