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Jennifer Stevens-Ballenger; Neryl Jeanneret – Research in Drama Education, 2024
This paper reports on a study that explores how artists might best support very young children's engagement in integrated arts performances. It aims to contribute to a better understanding of the ways in which artists work with very young children in performing arts spaces. The study was designed to intimately examine a work with and for a very…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Young Children, Artists, Theater Arts
Prentki, Tim – Research in Drama Education, 2023
This essay proposes that it is time to redesign educational curricula to take account of recent discoveries in the neuroscience of the human brain. The identification of mirror neurons has drawn attention to the importance of empathy as a determiner of action and their function is replicated in communication between actors, characters, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Neurosciences, Brain, Empathy
Chang, Bo – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Theater uses drama and conflict to stimulate audience's emotions taking advantage of the fact that emotions can trigger people to achieve a desired learning result. Creating a theatrical learning environment enables learners to actively participate in knowledge creation in an entertaining environment. In this paper, I will use a conference session…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Active Learning, Drama, Conflict
Jamantha Williams Watson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the relationship between social skills and dramatic arts. In an effort to explore and eventually eradicate the negative problems plaguing today's generation, this study sought to question youth who may have grappled with social and communicative problems during their matriculation in…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Theater Arts, Drama, College Students
Laura Bissell; Sally Charlton; Sinéad Hargan; Althea Young – Research in Drama Education, 2024
This collaborative co-authored article argues that performance is a portal that can connect 'infinite' and 'far' communities, and that portals can invite a sense of world-building through digital connections. For two months, a gold shipping container in Glasgow connected to other portals in Iraq, Rwanda, Mexico City, Palestine and Uganda for…
Descriptors: Pandemics, Performance, Theater Arts, Foreign Countries
Amanda Ferrell; Maruša Levstek; Robin Banerjee – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2023
Creative arts programs have potential for promoting psychological well-being amongst young people. The present research used a mixed-methods approach to address the mechanisms involved in the well-being of marginalized young people engaged in creative arts participation, based on self-determination theory. A preliminary quantitative analysis…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Inclusion, Well Being, Adolescents
Ciba, Daniel – Research in Drama Education, 2022
This essay documents my expansions on a lesson developed in courses that juxtaposed performance and memory studies. Building on a recursive reading of Toni Morrison's literary conceptualisation of rememory, I describe the reiterative nature of memory using two digital performances -- a TikTok meme featuring 50 Cent's 'Candy Shop' and a Reddit…
Descriptors: Memory, Performance, Art, Fiction
Juliana Spadotto; Nadia Saito – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2024
Applied theatre extends beyond traditional performance and entertainment, using theatrical techniques to address social issues and engage communities. In this paper, we emphasise the importance of a socially and politically engaged approach to Applied Theatre (AT) using Paulo Freire's and Augusto Boal's works as primary references to support…
Descriptors: Social Change, Theater Arts, Social Problems, Disadvantaged
The Ephemerality of Bearing Witness: Participatory Refugee Theatre with Syrian Young Adults in Exile
Sofie de Smet; Mark Fleishman; Cécile Rousseau; Christel Stalpaert; Lucia De Haene – Research in Drama Education, 2024
In this essay, we critically reflect upon the ephemeral nature of theatre. Such a reflection becomes particularly important in participatory refugee theatre, since the process of participants' bearing witness to experiences of trauma and violence is emphasised as the core impetus. To this end, we investigate the experiences of Syrian young adults…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Refugees, Theater Arts, Trauma
Cale Morrow – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The life of a traditional aged college student is filled with many fast-moving decisions and new life experiences. When conflict arises in a student's life, it can upend a student's progression if they are not properly trained to deal with conflict. Current conflict management teaching curricula being given to students are insufficient due to…
Descriptors: College Students, Conflict Resolution, Drama Education, Drama Workshops
Rajendran, Charlene – Research in Drama Education, 2023
This article considers the value of growing up stories among theatre practitioners in Singapore as a resource for learning theatre in multicultural contexts. It engages with the lived experiences of five Singapore theatre practitioners, Alfian Sa'at, Alvin Tan, Haresh Sharma, Kok Heng Leun and Ong Keng Sen, whose contributions to discourses on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theater Arts, Drama, Cultural Pluralism
Fensham, Rachel; Upton, Megan – Research in Drama Education, 2023
This paper argues for the value of post-performance workshops in extending the memories of theatre for young people. It examines research that investigated the 'impact' of touring theatre for young people in regional settings through discussion of two contemporary productions, 'I Call My Brothers' and 'Melbourne Talam'. The workshop methodology…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Memory, Workshops, Foreign Countries
Ajsi, Tanveer – Research in Drama Education, 2023
This paper examines the work of Kashmiri theatre-maker Arshad Mushtaq in the context of the political turmoil in Kashmir. It argues that Mushtaq's theatre practice challenges the India's attempt to assimilate Kashmir into its national cultural framework. Focusing on three of Mushtaq's plays rooted in collective memory, the paper examines how his…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Political Attitudes, Theater Arts, Acculturation
Zatzman, Belarie – Research in Drama Education, 2023
Can critical questions and complicated conversations addressing issues of representation, difference, and witnessing be positioned at the centre of a TYA curriculum? This article examines contemporary, issue-based and culturally specific TYA scripts. In addition, a collection of aesthetic representations are offered as dynamic prompts to help…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Youth, Audiences, Culturally Relevant Education
Llewellyn, Kristina R.; Llewellyn, Jennifer J.; Roberts-Smith, Jennifer – Research in Dance Education, 2023
Central to restorative justice is a commitment to sharing and listening to first voice. This is required for the work of transitioning to just relations. The Restorative Inquiry for the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children (The Home), and its Digital Oral Histories for Reconciliation (DOHR) project, offers a significant example of the power of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Social Justice, Oral History